Establishing infrastructure support for the delivery and implementation of sustainable evidence-based services across the state. Infrastructure support includes support for programs like NC Pre Kindergarten and Child Care Subsidy.

Leading Coaching for Technical Assistants that focuses on implementing best practices in physical activity, child nutrition, and outdoor play and learning environments.

Supporting the early care and education workforce through workforce supports of educational grants for early care and education at the college level and education-based salary supplement ensuring continuity of care for children by highly qualified teachers.

Improving the quality of early learning by offering professional development, technical assistance, and other supports to raise the quality (and/or licensed) star rating of each center.

Striving to improve outcomes for children by increasing young children’s access to healthcare and behavioral or mental health services.

Working with providers, health departments, families, and communities to improve the health and safety for young children, prevent childhood obesity, and ensure that more children are screened for developmental delays and referred to services for help before they start school.

Providing family-focused programs by addressing individual community needs.

Supporting parents as early educators through sharing latest research insights on interacting with a child, managing behavior and preparing children to enter school healthy and ready to learn.

Empowering families involvement in directing programmatic needs.

Fostering language-rich interactions, enhancing reading frequency, and strengthening relationships between children and their families through a range of programs aimed at building the literacy skills children need for success in school and life.