Region 12 Child Care Resource & Referral
Regional CCR&R activities provide leadership and support for local child care resource and referral services in R&R Region 12, which includes Alexander, Ashe, Iredell, Watauga and Wilkes counties. R&R services typically include referrals to families looking for child care as well as technical assistance and/or training for child care providers to start up or improve the quality of care. The North Carolina Division of Child Development funds this initiative to ensure all families and child care providers have access to high quality R&R programs.
Contact information for local R&R
agencies:
Child
care providers are encouraged to attend workshops and conferences in any of the
five Region 12 counties. Contact the appropriate “hosting” agency for more
information.
Ashe
County Partnership for Children
Unit 1626—Ashe Central School Rd.
Jefferson, NC
28640
R&R Director: Jamie Irwin, 336-982-8870
Website:
www.ashepartnership.org
Alexander Partnership for Children
1565 Hwy 90 West
Taylorsville,
NC 28681
R&R Director: Vickie Vinson, 828-632-3799
Website:
www.alexanderchildren.org
Iredell County
Partnership for Young Children
132 E. Broad Street, Statesville, NC 28677
R&R Director: Christine Wilson, 704-878-9980
Website:
www.iredellstartstart.org
The
Children’s Council of Watauga County
225 Burch St., Suite 3
Boone, NC
28607
R&R Director: Lee
Marshall, 828-262-5424
Website: www.thechildrenscouncil.org
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children
1006 F Street
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
R&R Director: Suzanne Hanlin, 336-838-0977
Website:
www.wilkessmartstart.com
REGION
12 Training -
3rd quarter 2009-2010
Playground Safety and Including Children with
Autism Training
Sex Offender
Information for Disemination
Changes to Compliance History
Calculations
Phase-out of standardized testing for NC Early Childhood Credential
equivalency
Meeting Child Care Lead Teacher Education Requirements: TEST-OUT OPTION
COMING TO AN END
Online Request for Rated License Assessment
Criminal Record Check Law Interpretation Change
North Carolina School Age Programs -
Benefits of Licensure
In addition to targeting Resource and Referral
"core services" which include technical assistance and professional development
for child care providers and consumer education for parents, the grants also
support three specialized quality improvement projects.
Regional
Infant/Toddler Specialist - This position is open. Please visit
Employment
704-878-9980
Regional
School-Age Specialist – Paula Cline
704-878-9980
or email:
pcline@icpyc.org
Paula works collaboratively with school-age child care providers to improve the quality of care by offering technical assistance, training, consultation and other services.
Behavior Specialist - Libby Strahan
704-878-9980 or email:
lstrahan@icpyc.org
Provides technical assistance which includes social emotional
teaching strategies, building relationships and supportive classroom
environments and when needed, individualized interventions.
For more information about Region 12 R&R services, contact
Christine Wilson,
704-878-9980 or email
cwilson@icpyc.org
