The Onslow County Partnership for Children has been awarded the Early Head Start  (EHS) grant by the US Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families for project year 2009-2011.  For this project period, $1,495,026 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds have been awarded.  The (EHS) program is for low-income infants, toddlers, pregnant women and their families. EHS programs enhance children's physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development; assist pregnant women to access comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care; support parents' efforts to fulfill their parental roles; and help parents move toward self-sufficiency. The Onslow County Partnership for Children’s EHS  Program will serve 72 low-income pregnant women and children through a home-based visitor approach utilizing the Parent As Teachers (PAT) Born to Learn curriculum. PAT is a nationally recognized, evidence based approach to enhancing parenting skills and the parent-child relationship. Home-based visitor EHS program allows children to participate, with their parents, in appropriate child development activities in their home environment.  For more information on the EHS program, please contact Dawn Rochelle at dawn.rochelle@onslowkids.org or visit our website at www.onslowkids.org.

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