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ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

** PfCF received a local grant!  Visit the NEWS page to see a photograph and find out more about it. **

** Check out photographs from Block Fest on the PHOTO ALBUM page! **

** Partners for Children & Families received an Award of Excellence at the 2009 National Smart Start Conference!  Visit the NEWS page to see a photograph of the acceptance and learn more about this honor. **

** New Responses have been posted on the Quick Tips tab of the PARENT TO PARENT page about Getting Dressed and Bedtime!  Check it out, then add your own parenting wisdom. **

- Check out the NEWS page for two informative articles about North Carolina's early education programs and how they are being affected by state budget cuts.  While you are there, read current articles pertaining to child development and other child related issues, take a Flu IQ quiz, and stay current with a daily Health widget brought to you by the CDC.  Also, click on the Recall tab to learn about important consumer recalls.

- See Smart Start's 2009 tabbed brochure on the SMART START page.

WHO WE ARE: 

Partners for Children & Families (PfCF) is the Smart Start partnership in Moore County.  We fund programs and services that benefit Moore County children birth to five and their families.

OUR VISION:

We envision Moore County as a community actively engaged in the development of children.

OUR MISSION:

Our mission is to unite the community to effectively support and empower families; prepare children to succeed in school and encourage lifelong learning; thereby contributing to the economic vitality of Moore County.

 

SMART START:

Smart Start is North Carolina's nationally recognized and award-winning early childhood initiative designed to ensure that young children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.