Sign up HERE for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for free!
Please consider a donation to Craven Smart Start – Click HERE to donate. For just $25, Craven Smart Start and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library can provide one child, in Craven County, age appropriate books, every month, for one year!
Social Justice Begins in the Infant Room
Social Justice Begins in the Infant Room is the true story of the power of early childhood education! The first 1,000 days of brain development pave the road for lifelong learning. Without exaggeration, this road can be smooth or bumpy depending on the experiences we provide our youngest citizens. This is a short, informative video that focuses on the reality of child care in Craven County.
Craven Smart Start Board Meeting
To receive information on how to attend the next meeting, please email cherie@cravensmartstart.org
Referrals to child care programs
REMINDER! The Find Child Care NC Hotline is still available for families that are looking for child care. The number is 1-888-600-1685 and specialists are available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Click on the links below for more information
Appreciating the “Unsung Heroes of Craven County”
Click HERE to see pictures of our visits to our childcare providers. Thank you for your dedication to the children of Craven County!
Smart Start and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library are working together to get books into the hands of North Carolina’s youngest children. In 2017, North Carolina’s state lawmakers included $3.5 million in the first year and $7 million in the second year of the state budget for Smart Start to administer Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library across North Carolina.
The Smart Start network, made up of 75 local partnerships that serve our state’s communities, is signing up families across NC for Imagination Library which is a book gifting program for children from birth to age five. Together, we are working to ensure children develop a love of reading early on.
