RALEIGH, NC – On May 19, 2009, child care professionals, and business leaders from Lincoln and Gaston Counties traveled to the North Carolina General Assembly as part of Smart Start’s statewide, “Tuesdays for Tots” initiative. The constituents met with the legislative delegation from each county to discuss important issues facing young children and working families on behalf of the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties.
“While recognizing that we are experiencing unprecedented economic times in North Carolina, we had successful conversations with our local legislators that an investment in early childhood is an investment in the economic future for this wonderful state,” said Steve Eaton, Executive Director of the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties. “As an industry, child care in North Carolina generates $1.77 billion annually – more than the Panthers, Hurricanes, Bobcats and all spectator sports combined. It provides more than 47,000 jobs.”
(Photo: Steve Eaton, Executive Director Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties; Amy Simmons, Director of The Grace School Child Development Center; Amy Wadsworth, Public Information Coordinator for the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties; NC Senator James Forrester; Deanna Matthews, Child Care Health Consultant with the Gaston County Health Department.)
Tuesdays for Tots is Smart Start’s signature advocacy effort that takes place every year during the legislative session. On Tuesdays, local Smart Start partnerships come to Raleigh for one-on-one meetings with legislators to educate lawmakers on Smart Start successes and discuss challenges facing young children and their families.
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. Smart Start is a public-private initiative that provides early education funding to all of the state's 100 counties. Smart Start funds are administered at the local level through 78 local nonprofit organizations called Local Partnerships. The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., (NCPC) is the statewide nonprofit organization that provides oversight and technical assistance for local partnerships.
Smart Start has experienced funding reductions over the past 8 years of $29.9 million. This amounts to a loss of $87.8 million when combined with the effects of inflation. These cuts are occurring at the same time that economists and other business leaders are advocating that investments in young children are one of the strongest investments not only for the short term but also for sustained growth and job creation. In fact, the North Carolina General Assembly’s Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth concluded: "It is critical to ensure the healthy development of children in the State and improve outcomes for all children in order to ensure the future success of our State and our citizens."
Local residents who traveled to the North Carolina General Assembly included: Steve Eaton, Executive Director of the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties, Amy Wadsworth, Public Information Coordinator of the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties, Deanna Matthews, Child Care Health Consultant with the Gaston County Health Department and Amy Simmons, Director of The Grace School Child Development Center. The group met with the following members of the Lincoln and Gaston County legislative delegation. They included Representative William Current, Sr., Representative Johnathan Rhyne, Jr., Representative Pearl Burris-Floyd and Senator James Forrester.
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RALEIGH, NC – On May 19, 2009, child care professionals, and business leaders from Lincoln and Gaston Counties traveled to the North Carolina General Assembly as part of Smart Start’s statewide, “Tuesdays for Tots” initiative. The constituents met with the legislative delegation from each county to discuss important issues facing young children and working families on behalf of the Partnership for Children of Lincoln & Gaston Counties. 
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