Supporting families with newborns
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County began as a pioneer program under Smart Start, which the North Carolina legislature and former Gov. James B. Hunt established as a public-private initiative in 1993.
We provide resources, support, and programs that Empower Families, Advance the Well-being of Children, and Strengthen the Early Care and Education System in our community.
Let’s Get Enrolled Pre-Kindergarten Programs are open to children who turn 4 years old on or before August 31st of the upcoming school year.
If you have a child who will turn four by August 31, 2025 and are looking for Pre-K, sign up for the Let’s Get Enrolled PreK Email Invitation list! You will be the FIRST to know when the 2025-26 school year application is available.
Every family deserves the opportunity for a happy, healthy, and prosperous future. When you support the Partnership for Children, you are investing in our community’s future: more than 16,000 children and families per year are impacted by the services and programs offered through our Partnership.
Your gift of time, talent, or treasure:
Little Land is a marvelous land where young children can let their BIG imaginations run wild. Families can connect, play, learn about resources in our community, see costumed characters, pose for photos, shop our vendors, and much more!
Babies don’t come with an instruction manual… Family Connects can help! Nurse visits are available to families with newborns up to 12 weeks old living in Cumberland, Hoke, or Robeson Counties and at no cost to families.
Kaleidoscope Play & Learn© groups help families prepare their children from birth to five for success in school and life through play. Sign-up today!
We offer free, unbiased referrals for families in Aberdeen, Fayetteville, Laurinburg, Lumberton, Raeford, Rockingham, Southern Pines, Troy, Wadesboro, and the surrounding areas (Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Robeson, and Scotland counties).
We understand that parenting is the hardest job you will ever love. We know you want the best for your child and so do we. That is why we are here to provide Fayetteville area families with support through referrals, resources, and subsidies.
Our Child Care Resource & Referral services are among the region’s leading organizations for supporting the quality enhancement, professional development, and higher education of the region’s early care and education and school-age child care programs and professionals.
We partner with our community by offering shared services that anyone can use. We offer conference room reservations, office space rentals, and data management, accounting, and information technology services.
Partnership for Children of Cumberland County began as a pioneer program under Smart Start, which the North Carolina legislature and former Gov. James B. Hunt established as a public-private initiative in 1993.
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