The Pre-K Initiatives Program
Received $3,700,000 in Funding
Goals:
- Funded by the Forsyth County
- A high-quality system of Pre‑K programs available to all four-year-olds in Forsyth County.
- Focus on providing resources/services to a diverse cohort of 30 Pre-K Classrooms.
- Access to high-quality, uniform standards that will:
- Improve the quality of current programs for families and teachers
- Support current programs to increase enrollment
- Help establish new high-quality programs
Received $660,000 in Funding
Goals:
- As childcare programs continue to struggle, with many remaining closed and others unable to fully open post-pandemic, the City of Winston Salem has awarded SSFC with a Transformational Grant for Winston-Salem Childcare.
- Project aims to address staffing shortages, wage inequities, low credential levels, and increase accreditation standings for up to 25 licensed family childcare homes and centers in the City of Winston-Salem, NC.
- Focus funds for opening and maintenance of closed and existing, licensed family childcare homes in Winston-Salem, NC.
- Increase access to childcare programming by enhancing at least 25 family childcare homes or infant-toddler classrooms.
- Target communities identified as childcare deserts within the Qualified Census Tract
- Providers directly impacted by the pandemic which caused closures and loss of revenue.
Received $350,000 In Funding
Goals:
- Funding applied to the 2-year model cohort of classrooms to complement the program in the following ways:
- Support for the 2-year model cohort to ensure full programmatic resources
- Child Plus data management system support
- State-approved research base Curriculum and Formative Assessment Tools
- Health screenings and environmental classroom assessment by a Child Care Health Consultant (CCHC)
- High-quality programmatic implementation Support
Received $169,000 in Funding
Goals:
- For the first time, United Way of Forsyth County worked in partnership with an early childhood non-profit organization to positively impact the childcare landscape in Forsyth County, through its Place Matters strategy.
- Funded by the United Way of Forsyth County
- Enhanced an independent childcare provider within the Place Matters footprint.
- Opened and licensed a new childcare facility with two classrooms (3- and 4-year-old room)
- Funded the hiring and education of 2 staff
- Funded and installed a preschool aged play structure w/surfacing
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Received $591,000 in Funding
Goals:
- Funded by North Carolina Partnership for Children
- Build capacity for a workforce pipeline to provide employment and career development support and opportunities for up to 20 high school students. Provide four essential services:
- On-the-job training
- Work-based learning opportunities
- Professional Development
- Success Coaching
- Address workforce development, pay inequity, credentialing, and staff retention of early childhood educators.
- Increase the volume of high-quality early childhood educators and improve the quality of care within Forsyth County’s early care and education systems, specifically within the Qualified Census Tract and Place Matters footprint.
To access partner services, please click the links below for more information:
Childcare Resource Center: Family Childcare
Hispanic League: Translation and Interpretation
WS/FCS Exceptional Children Services
