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Burke County Smart Start works with many different local agencies who provide services to children and families in an effort to identify needed programs and services, as well as to develop resources to meet those needs. Often, programs exist but are not being utilized. Sometimes duplication of services are noted. The Partnership was formed to eliminate those duplications and fill voids in the service delivery system.

By blending and leveraging existing resources and providing funding through Smart Start, the following programs are made possible to the young children:

  • Child Care Health Consultant:  A full-time nurse, through the Burke County Health Department, provides on-site consultation and training to children, staff and parents at local licensed child care programs on issues related to preventive health and safety items.  Contact:  Jackie McLean, Burke County Health Department, 439-4434.

  • Breastfeeding Support:  Contracting with the Burke County Health Department to offer education classes to prenatal women in the fundamentals of successful breastfeeding, hospital visits at the time of delivery, and post delivery visits in the home.  The program provides follow-up visits for one year for all WIC mothers who initiate breastfeeding.  Contact:  Claudia Boan, Burke County Health Department, 439-4455.

  • Catawba Valley Healthy Families:  Contracting with Appalachian Family Innovations to provide a program whose aim is to stop abuse and neglect in Burke County before it starts by identifying high-risk, first-time parents and providing intensive, long-term, in-home support.  Contact:  Jeannie Ownbey, Appalachian Family innovations, 433-7187.

 


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 PO Box 630, Morganton, NC 28680-0630
304 West Union Street, Morganton, NC 28655
ph: 828-439-2326, fx: 828-439-2333
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Smart Start is the Winner of the Ford Foundation's
Innovations in American Government Award!

Innovations in American Government