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Early Childhood Resources

Early childhood professionals help prepare our youngest children for school and for life. Your work matters to children, their families, our community and the world. This section is designed to help you get the information and early childhood resources you need to provide a quality environment for the children you care for.

Program Development & Support

Training (CPR & ITS/SIDS)

Cabarrus Partnership for Children offers ITS/SIDS and CPR training to early childhood professionals.

Early Education Liaison

Rowan Cabarrus Community College provides this program to address teacher education and business administrator education in child care facilities.

Training and Technical Assistance

Provides consultation/coaching, training, and technical assistance focusing on establishing nurturing classroom environments and relationships.

Child Care Resources Inc

Training and Technical Assistance and help with Star Rated License and help with starting a new program.

CONNECT Courses

Courses designed to build early childhood practitioners’ abilities to make evidence-based decisions. They emphasize a decision-making process, realistic problems to solve, the importance of integrating multiple perspectives and sources of evidence, the relevance and quality of content, and feedback.

EC Research & Reference Portal

Provides access to a variety of primary sources, research and reference materials for individuals at all levels of the system: administrators, researchers, policy makers, practitioners, families and advocates for young children with special needs.

ECE Shared Resources

Obtain deep discounts on a wide array of goods and services including child products, office and school supplies, food and beverages, uniforms, human resources, and more.

NCDHHS: Division of Child Development and Early Education

Licensing, background checks, training and professional development, child care rules, emergency preparedness, and more.

Training (CPR & ITS/SIDS)

Cabarrus Partnership for Children offers ITS/SIDS and CPR training to early childhood professionals.

Learn more
Early Education Liaison

Rowan Cabarrus Community College provides this program to address teacher education and business administrator education in child care facilities.

Learn more
Training and Technical
Assistance

Provides consultation/coaching, training, and technical assistance focusing on establishing nurturing classroom environments and relationships.

Learn more
Child Care Resources Inc

Training and Technical Assistance and help with Star Rated License and help with starting a new program.

Learn more
CONNECT Courses

Courses designed to build early childhood practitioners’ abilities to make evidence-based decisions. They emphasize a decision-making process, realistic problems to solve, the importance of integrating multiple perspectives and sources of evidence, the relevance and quality of content, and feedback.

Learn more
EC Research & Reference Portal

Provides access to a variety of primary sources, research and reference materials for individuals at all levels of the system: administrators, researchers, policy makers, practitioners, families and advocates for young children with special needs.

Learn more
ECE Shared Resources

Obtain deep discounts on a wide array of goods and services including child products, office and school supplies, food and beverages, uniforms, human resources, and more.

Learn more
NCDHHS: Division of Child
Development and Early Education

Licensing, background checks, training and professional development, child care rules, emergency preparedness, and more.

Learn more

Wage & Scholarship Support

Infant-Toddler Educator AWARD$® Plus

Provides education-based salary supplements to low-paid teachers working full-time in infant-toddler classrooms in North Carolina.

TEACH Early Childhood® North Carolina

Scholarship opportunities for Early Care and Education Community Specialists who want to take coursework leading to an associate, bachelor’s degree or graduate coursework in early education.

Child Care WAGE$®

Provides education-based salary supplements to low-paid teachers, directors, and family child care educators working with children ages birth to five years old.

Infant-Toddler Educator AWARD$®
Plus

Provides education-based salary supplements to low-paid teachers working full-time in infant-toddler classrooms in North Carolina.

Read more
TEACH Early Childhood® North
Carolina

Scholarship opportunities for Early Care and Education Community Specialists who want to take coursework leading to an associate, bachelor’s degree or graduate coursework in early education.

Read more
Child Care WAGE$®

Provides education-based salary supplements to low-paid teachers, directors, and family child care educators working with children ages birth to five years old.

Read more

Child Health & Early Intervention

Child Care Health Consultants

Provides training and on-site assistance to 90+ child care providers to improve the health and safety of children and prevent the spread of communicable disease.

Department of Human Services

If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected, contact (704) 920-1400. For reports after hours, contact the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office at (704) 920-3000.

NC Infant-Toddler Program

Available to help families, caregivers, and professionals serve children, ages birth to three, who have special needs.

Child Care Health Consultants

Provides training and on-site assistance to 90+ child care providers to improve the health and safety of children and prevent the spread of communicable disease.

Read more
Department of Human Services

If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected, contact (704) 920-1400. For reports after hours, contact the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office at (704) 920-3000.

Read more
NC Infant-Toddler Program

Available to help families, caregivers, and professionals serve children, ages birth to three, who have special needs.

Read more