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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
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