Cherokee County Smart Start Team Meeting

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Did you know there is a program to help families prepare their children for kindergarten? Parents as Teachers (PAT) is an evidence-based early childhood home-visiting and parent education program designed to support families from pregnancy until kindergarten. Learn how this program builds parental knowledge regarding cognitive, motor, and social-emotional growth; prepares the child to enter the school system; and helps prevent child abuse or neglect by promoting overall family economic and physical well-being. 

What would it be like to have one site to visit and find out what benefits are available to a client you are working with? Join us this month to hear from Code the Dream on their benefits screener. The mobile-friendly platform is designed for direct use by individuals with low incomes, as well as community-based organizations on the front line of this work. The platform looks at areas around long-term benefits such as health care and near-term benefits such…