NORTH CAROLINA EARLY CHILDHOOD FOUNDATION INC

North Carolina’s people, agencies and organizations work collaboratively towards a common goal,

• agreeing on how to measure progress,
• coordinating strategies for the shared measures that take into account all aspects of children’s healthy development, and
• aligning policies and practices with the measures and along the developmental continuum, starting at birth.

Government, policy, and nonprofit leaders make policy, practice and program decisions based both on research, data and analysis about what improves outcomes for children birth-to-eight and their families, and on the experiences of those who shape children’s environments.

Private sector leaders engage in practices and policies that improve outcomes for children and families and use their voices to call for birth-through-eight investments and policies.

North Carolinians support and expect early learning investments and policies that are rooted in how children develop and that support each child in fulfilling his or her potential.

All recognize that literacy is rooted in birth-to-age-eight child development, and includes:

• Health and Development on Track Beginning at Birth
• Supported and Supportive Families and Communities
• High Quality Birth-to-Age-Eight Learning Environments and Regular Attendance