Region a Partnership for Children

“The return was prepared by an independent accountant with assistance and oversight by managament. Upon completion and review by the executive director, the return was provided to each voting board member proir to its submission to the irs.”

“Board members complete an annual resolution acknowledging that they have read and will follow the conflict of interest policy. Board members also complete an annual questionnaire disclosing any potential conflicts. The names of board members with potential conflicts and the programs in which they are conflicted are read aloud prior to voting. Conflicted board members abstain from the vote.”

“The north carolina general statutes require the nc partnership for children to develop a salary schedule for the executive directors of local partnerships such as the region a partnership for children. The executive director's pay is evaluated following the guidance within this schedule by the executive committee on an annual basis. The executive committee conducts an annual performance review of the director.”

“Documents are made available upon written request to the executive director. The organization's form 990 is available on public websites such as candid.org and the national center for charitable statistics.”

“Smart start programming. A north carolina state-wide early childhood and education initiative provides the following family-centered programming. Parents as teachers (pat) parent educators who provide home visits, group connections, and child development assessments to 89 families in region a. Smart start dollars were used to support the region's dolly parton's imagination library program with a distribution of 45,240 books to over 3,770 children in region a. Through smart start, region a staff also began providing technical assistance for qris modernization and the pathways to the stars in 22 childcare centers. Opportunities for helping sites navigate the pathways, learn more about the environment rating scales (ers), performing mock ers assessments, assisting with challenging behaviors management, creating and providing training for teachers and childcare staff, as well as assisting sites with the self-study process are new support services provided. Smart start funds continue to provide support to region a's north carolina childcare subsidy program, family support network, overall project management, and program evaluation.”

“Family support services. Additional program support for parents as teachers group connections and support to over 350 families through the family support network of region a. Total expenses: 32,347 (incl grants of 998) hurricane helene recovery. Recovery grants provided to 38 centers for repair of facilities, replacement of damaged materials, replacement of lost revenue, and sustaining operations during storm recovery. Total expenses: 353,281 (incl grants of 324,332)”