About our Advocacy
We work to build support for key issues affecting the early childhood community through strategic advocacy efforts and meaningful collaborative partnerships.
By organizing, mobilizing, and creating spaces for advocacy, we strive to influence legislators’ and policymakers’ opinions and activities in order to improve the lives of children and families in our community and create lasting change.
Our work with Home Grown
Our partnership with Think Babies
Home Grown envisions a country in which all children have the care they need to reach their full potential in cognitive, social, and emotional well-being, along with health and wellness. Inside of Home Grown’s vision, comprehensive networks may take many forms, such as staffed family child care networks, child care resource & referral agencies, shared service alliances, associations, and more.
Early childhood homelessness - Community Engagement Project
Transylvania County is participating in a two-year community visioning and planning process for improving support for young children experiencing homelessness as part of a grant provided by the Child Care Services Association (CCSA). The project is based on the local integration of two key service systems: Early Childhood Education and Services and Homeless Services.
As a pilot project, Partners for Impact will provide technical assistance and support as Transylvania County works with Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford Counties to create a shared vision, gather stakeholder input, and build both a plan for improving the integration of services and a sustainability plan. Participation also allows our community to have an opportunity to apply for seed funding from CCSA.
The Think Babies project is an opportunity to increase education and awareness among the public and policymakers of the proposed policies and strategies in the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Roadmap.
Our work with MDC HBCC
The North Carolina Home Based Child Care (HBCC) initiative seeks to uplift HBCC as a vital and valued part of the early childhood system through a two-pronged approach with funding from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
