OUR FUNDING
WHERE DO WE RECEIVE OUR FUNDING?
We receive funding from the following sources:
Smart Start (NCPC)
NC Division of Child Development and Early Education
Southwestern Child Development Commission
Buncombe County
City of Asheville
The Community Foundation of WNC
Dogwood Health Trust
North Carolina Department of Commerce
NC Early Childhood Foundation
NC Early Education Coalition
WNC Bridge Foundations
Corporate Sponsors
Board of Directors/Individual Giving
Your support makes a difference.
OUR WORK IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
Current Partners
Direct Service Providers:
Asheville City Schools Preschool – Kaleidoscope Play and Learn Groups
Black Mountain Rotary Club -Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Child Care Services Association –The WAGE$ Project
FIRST – The SUNSHINE Project
French Broad Pediatrics -Reach Out and Read
Literacy Together – Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
MAHEC – Child Care Health Consultation
Our Family Doctor -Reach Out and Read
PODER Emma – Kaleidoscope Play and Learn Groups
Southwestern Child Development Commission – Child Care Subsidy
NC Pre-Kindergarten Providers:
Asheville City Schools Preschool Program
The Christine Avery Learning Center
Community Action Opportunities – Head Start
Eliada Child Development
Irene Wortham Center
Verner Center for Early Learning
Community Partners:
AB Tech – Workforce Development
Active Play Alliance– Asheville Adventure Play
Blue Ridge Community College – Workforce Development
Buncombe County Health & Human Services – Child Care Resources
Children First/Communities In Schools – The Success Equation
Green Opportunities
Mountain BizWorks – Child Care Business Basics
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board
NC Works
Parent U at Asheville City Schools
Rainbow In My Tummy at Verner Center for Early Learning
Self-Help Credit Union –Child Care Business Basics
STEP Program – Workforce Development
United Way of Asheville-Buncombe – Advocacy Collaboration