Vision Statement
Hertford-Northampton Smart Start Partnership believes that all children are valuable. The community will embrace and support this belief by providing families and children opportunities that impact school readiness through a healthy and nurturing environment.
Mission Statement
To network and advocate for children and families to ensure successful futures.The power of Smart Start is that it delivers outcomes by giving communities local control to determine the best approach to achieving them.
Our funding
The Hertford-Northampton Smart Start Partnership for Children receives funding each year to support early childhood programs that improve access to quality childcare, early education, parent support services, childcare provider training, and early literacy. Most funding comes from North Carolina’s nationally recognized Smart Start initiative, a public-private partnership created to ensure children enter school ready to learn. Additional support is provided through private grants, business contributions, and individual donations. Together, these resources help strengthen early childhood development across Hertford and Northampton counties.
Early Learning Experiences
The experiences that children have during their early years literally shape the structure of their brains. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders; therefore, everyone has a stake in ensuring that all children encounter the experiences they need to blossom, to be healthy, and to grow well. The Hertford-Northampton Smart Start Partnership for Children work, with the early childhood community, to bring together all the people involved in a young child’s life – families, teachers, caregivers, social workers, churches and many others—to ensure every child has all they need for healthy development.
