The purpose of Smart Start Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) is to serve children, child care providers and families by supplying current quality child care and other critical support services vital to the total well being to the children in Chowan and Perquimans Counties.

Mission Statement: Our mission is to use family involvement, collaboration, community development, and empowerment strategies to build support and to foster programs in Chowan and Perquimans Counties, so that nearly all our young children from birth through age 5 and their families are healthy and prepared for success.

Parent Education and Referral

   Education

Parents are offered information and brochures on how to choose quality child care including information on all types of care, components of quality care, how to evaluate care, other community services and availability of financial services.

   Referral

Information provided by parents will be used to counsel and make referrals to child care programs to meet needs of child and parent - no recommendations will be made.

   Child Care Providers

Training, technical assistance and support to help provide high quality services is available. 

• Develop mentally appropriate practice
• Child development
• Positive guidance
• Environments
• Classroom Management
• Health and Safety
• Curriculum Development

Provider Resource Center

Located at 718 North Broad St. in Edenton, NC, our Provider Resource Center has a printer, copier, laminator, binding machine, die-cut machine and professional resource books for Child Care Providers' convenience.  Call 482-3035 for more information or for an appointment.

Community Awareness

To promote community involvement in child care, information is provided on issues involving children and families.  Government agencies and employers also need help in determining where to allocate resources to best respond to the needs of the communities.

Provider/Parent Lending Libraries

The CCR&R Lending Libraries, one located in each County Public Library, offer a variety of educational materials intended to provide developmental and age-appropriate resources that will enrich the learning environments of children.  The lending libraries are located at the following addresses:

Chowan County                              Perquimans County

Sheperd-Pruden Memorial Library                  Perquimans County Library

106 West Water Street                              110 Academy Street

Edenton, NC  27932                                   Hertford, NC  27944

Telephone:  252-482-4112                          Telephone:  252-426-5319

  Albemarle Behavior Specialists

  Kari Stringer - Regional Early Childhood Behavior Specialists

  Patrice Hughes - Regional Infant/Toddler Specialists

  Bobbi Holley - Professional Development Coordinator

  333-3205 - Serving 10 Counties

 Currituck                              Bertie

 Pasquatank                           Dare

               Camden                               North Hampton

       Chowan                                Hertford

   Perquimans                           Gates

Director: 

Diann Blount