Region A Partnership for Children

About Region A Partnership for Children

Region a Partnership for Children directs most of its funding toward NC Pre-K services across western North Carolina, with repeated awards to county school systems and early-childhood providers in the seven westernmost counties. The largest recent grants all support pre-kindergarten delivery, including $456,072 to Haywood County Schools for NC Pre-K Services and $417,733 to Jackson County Schools for the same purpose. That pattern shows a funder that is heavily tied to program administration, site funding, and service coordination rather than broad discretionary philanthropy. The foundation also supports the early childhood workforce and child care infrastructure. Recent awards include funding for child care health consultant services, subsidy services coordination, and technical assistance for child care facilities. Its active grant programs include RFP-based contracting for Smart Start funded activities, Child Care Quality Enhancement Services, WAGE$ salary supplements, and NC Pre-K site applications. Those programs point to a grantmaker that works through contracts, service agreements, and designated program channels to deliver direct services to children, families, and child care providers.

What Region A Partnership for Children Funds

A central part of the foundation’s work is state-funded pre-kindergarten administration. Recent NC Pre-K services grants went to Haywood County Schools, Jackson County Schools, Swain County Schools, Cherokee County Schools, Macon County Schools, Clay County Schools, Cherokee Central Schools, and Graham County Schools, all for delivering NC Pre-K in western North Carolina. It also funds child care quality and health supports. Jackson County Department of Public Health received $143,714 for Smart Start Child Care Health Consultant Services, while Southwestern Child Development Center received $136,812 for Smart Start Child Care Health Consultant and Subsidy Services Coordination. Workforce support is another clear theme. The active WAGE$ program provides bi-annual professional development salary supplements to child care professionals, and the foundation’s Child Care Quality Enhancement Services RFP seeks on-site technical assistance, consultation, and coaching for child care facilities in Region A.

How Region A Partnership for Children Gives