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Family Resource Programs: Family Support

Administered by McDowell County Schools, this program supports a variety of parenting programs and family literacy activities through Family Resource Centers in North Cove, Glenwood, and Old Fort. The centers provide learning opportunities for children and parents and build on the family's capacity to help their children enter school "healthy and ready to learn."  Family programs are scheduled throughout the year with a variety of educational activities. Two ten-week sessions of FAST Early Childhood are offered at the Old Fort site. Upon graduation from the FAST program, ongoing contact with parents is offered through FASTWORKS, a parent-lead monthly meeting. One Session per month (10 sessions) of Family Reading Adventures is offered at the North Cove and Glenwood sites. Sites are open for resource and referral to help connect with community resources on a full-day basis at Old Fort, and part-day at Glenwood and North Cove.

 

Nurse Family Partnership (NFP)

Nurse- Family Partnership is an evidence-based, community health program that uses nurse home visits to help transform the lives of low income, first-time parents and their children.  The Rutherford-Polk-McDowell Health District is a site for this program, serving approximately 100 new moms over the three-county region with four nurses and a nursing supervisor.  The program is free and is supported by the NC Department of Public Health.  The McDowell County Partnership for Children provides subsidized child care funding for new moms on the NFP program. 

 NFP Wish List

The North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership (NC NFP) is a public-private partnership dedicated to building the Nurse-Family Partnership program in North Carolina and working to sustain its presence in the state.  Together, the organizations that make up the NC NFP, have agreed to support the program and increase the visibility of the positive accomplishments that are achieved.

Members of the North Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership are:

  • The Duke Endowment
  • The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust
  • The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health
  • The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
  • Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina
  • The North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.
  • The Pew Center on the States
     
 

                                                                                  

                                         70 North Main Street, Suite 3
                                         PO Drawer 158
                                         Marion, NC  28752                                                   
                                         Phone (828)659-2462 
                                         Fax (828)659-1934