Smart Start services and successes

Description:

Highlights of results from several studies of the North Carolina Smart Start community-based initiative-- a program aimed at improving the provision and quality of services in child care and education, family support programs, and health services

Resource Type:

Fact Sheets & Briefs

Author(s):

Bryant Donna M.

Publisher(s):

Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center

Funder(s):

North Carolina. Division of Child Development

Country:

United States

Date Issued:

2000

Source:

Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center. Retrieved from https://fpg.unc.edu/sites/fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/reports-and-policy-briefs/FPG_SmartStart_Services-and-Successes-June2000.pdf

Note:

This resource is part of the Smart Start Evaluation.

Topics:

8. Service Delivery > 8.2. Coordination & Integration Of Child Care and Early Education Services

11. Child Care & Early Education Quality > 11.3. Quality Initiatives

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