Some Helpful Resources
Resources for Contractors and Service Providers
Go here for forms and information you may need to assist you in doing your work.
Child care providers in Region A (Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Qualla, Swain)
Family Time Newsletter from NC Cooperative Extension office.
Southwestern North Carolina Planning &
Economic Development Commission
The impetus for and guiding principle of regional councils is that many
public services are more efficiently organized and economically provided
on an intergovernmental, multi-unit basis. Visit their Human
Services Directory.
Economic
Impact Study
On June 16, 2004 the National Economic Development and Law Center released
the first ever Economic Impact Study on the North Carolina child care
industry. What that study found was that the child care industry in our
state is a significant industry while at the same time is a crucial part
of the state's economic development infrastructure.
North Carolina Division of Child
Development
Building a stronger social and economic future for North Carolina by promoting
high quality early childhood experiences.
North Carolina Child Advocacy Institute
Working to make North Carolina a better place to be a child and to raise a child.
Parent Stages
A parent resource with parenting advice, early childhood articles, and baby and child
care information.
Regional Child Development Center
The mission of the Regional Child Development Center at Haywood Community College shall
be to provide a safe, nurturing, and challenging educational environment that will instill and
foster a continuing desire for learning among children, families, and students.
Family Information
Their goal is to bring relevant information and useful links of current interest to
families around the world.
Health
Vaccines are listed under routinely recommended ages.
Child Care Options
Offering information about alternative work arrangements, child care for mildly sick
children, checklists and quality issues for parents, employer options, and much more.
Subsidy
This site will answer some questions about qualifying for subsidized child care and
the application process.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
NAEYC exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of
individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive
education for all young children.
Success by 6
United Way Success By 6 is a national community-based movement of public and private
partners that work together to deliver proven solutions that ensure all children ages
zero to six are healthy, nurtured and ready to succeed. In more than 350 cities
throughout the United States and Canada, United Way Success By 6 is creating effective
community-based solutions that contribute to the positive quality of life for young
children.
School Readiness Indicators Initiative
The School Readiness Indicators Initiative works with 17 states to develop a
comprehensive set of school readiness indicators to inform public policy for young
children and their families.
Connect for Kids
Families are responsible for raising their kids, but legislators make choices that can
make the job of parenting easier or harder. Policymakers determine everything from
whether or not kids get health insurance or after-school programs to what’s required
on their school lunch trays. Find out more in Kids & Politics so you can hold your
elected representatives accountable for their choices.
Children's Defense
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to leave no child behind and to ensure
every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start, and a moral start
in life and successful passage into adulthood with the help of caring families and
communities.
Be a Healthy Person
This site offers information about how to make better choices for yourself and your
family when choosing doctors, health insurance, online health information, and a
healthy lifestyle.
Free and Low Cost Health Insurance
Since 1994, the Start Healthy, Stay Healthy campaign has been enlisting a wide array
of community-based organizations, health and human services providers, advocacy groups,
program administrators and others to identify children from low-income working families
who may be eligible for free or low-cost health insurance programs. The campaign also
promotes coordination between newly enacted state child health insurance programs and
Medicaid to ensure that children are not in danger of being left without coverage.
I Am Your Child Foundation
A national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about
the importance of early childhood development and school readiness.
Center for the Child Care Workforce
Strategies for improving compensation in child care jobs.
Senator Jim Davis
Representing Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transylvania counties
Office: 2111 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-2802
Mailing Address: NC Senate
16 W. Jones St, Room 2111
Raleigh, NC 27601-2808
919.733.5875
37 Georgia Road
Franklin, NC 28734
828.342.4483
Representative Roger West
Representing Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Macon counties
Office: 1004 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
Mailing Address: NC House of Representatives
16 W. Jones St, Room 1004
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919.733.5859
PO Box 160
Marble, NC 28905
828.837.5246
Senator Ralph Hise
Representing Avery, Haywood, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yancey counties
Office: 1026 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-2808
Mailing Address: NC Senate
16 W. Jones St, Room 1026
Raleigh, NC 27601-2808
919.733.3460
44 Hemlock Avenue
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
828.766.8329
Representative Phillip Haire
Representing Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties
Office: 609 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Mailing Address: NC House of Representatives
300 N Salisbury St, Room 609
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
919.715.3005
PO Box 727
Sylva, NC 28779
828.586.1771
Representative Raymond Rapp
Representing Haywood, Madison, and Yancey counties
Office: 1013 Legislative Building
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
Mailing Address: NC House of Representatives
16 W. Jones St, Room 1013
Raleigh, NC 27601-1096
919.733.5732
133 Quail Ridge Road
Mars Hill, NC 28754
828.689.2214
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