Summer Resources
Our Summer Resources Library is continuously updated throughout the summer and consists of a list of local programs, services, services and tools to support families in Cabarrus County with children ages birth to five. Check back regularly for the latest resources!
INFANT FORMULA
Call your pediatrician if you cannot find formula for your baby. They may have samples in stock, connections to other local organizations or ideas of other places to call, such as your local WIC clinic at 704-920-1204.
Summer Meals
- SummerMeals4Kids.org
Need to find healthy meals at no-cost for kids and teens 18 and under? Text FOOD or COMIDA to 304-304!
Learn more about summer meals for kids, how to find them, and help spread the word: SummerMeals4NCKids.org.
Apply for Preschool
- Apply for Cabarrus County Preschool for 2022-2023
- Solicitud Para el Pre-Kinder del Condado de Cabarrus 2022-2023
Kindergarten Registration
- Kannapolis City Schools: English & Español
- Cabarrus County Schools: English | Español
summer reading
- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
- Is your child between the ages of birth to five? Do they reside in Cabarrus County? Then, this free book-gifting program is just for them!
- 2022 Reading Challenge (Cabarrus County Library)
- 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten (Cabarrus County Library)
FREE IN-PERSON PROGRAMS
- Support Group for Spanish-Speaking Families: English Flyer | Español
- When: June 14 from 6:30-8:00pm at 1030 Central Dr NW, Concord
- Latinas United is a safe space for Latinas to exchange ideas, share their experiences, and support one another. The goal is to create a support system that helps Latinas with their emotional well-being and personal development.
Free online courses
- Cooking Matters Series / Wednesdays at 7pm via Zoom (Carolina Hunger Initiative)
- This Cooking Matters series encourages caregivers and their children to prepare healthy meals and snacks together. Lessons will also share ideas on how to help kids eat more fruits and vegetables, and will include live cooking demonstrations.
- Partners Community Engagement Trainings | June 2022 via Zoom (Partners Health Management)
- These two-hour online trainings include: "Human Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe," "Domestic Violence: How to Help," "Introduction to Trauma and Resilience," "Mental Health 101," and more.
- These two-hour online trainings include: "Human Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe," "Domestic Violence: How to Help," "Introduction to Trauma and Resilience," "Mental Health 101," and more.
- Partners Community Engagement Trainings | July 2022 via Zoom (Partners Health Management)
- These two-hour online trainings include: "Human Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe," "Domestic Violence: How to Help," "Introduction to Trauma and Resilience," "Mental Health 101," and more.
- These two-hour online trainings include: "Human Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe," "Domestic Violence: How to Help," "Introduction to Trauma and Resilience," "Mental Health 101," and more.
- Partners Community Engagement Trainings | August 2022 via Zoom (Partners Health Management)
- These two-hour online trainings include: "Human Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe," "Domestic Violence: How to Help," "Introduction to Trauma and Resilience," "Mental Health 101," and more.
- These two-hour online trainings include: "Human Trafficking: Keeping Our Children Safe," "Domestic Violence: How to Help," "Introduction to Trauma and Resilience," "Mental Health 101," and more.
- Active Parenting First 5 Years | Aug-Sept 2022 via Microsoft Teams (DHS Prevention Services)
- This video series will help parents understand more about their child's growth and development, teach skills to better communicate, set groundwork for positive discipline and practice some much needed self-care.
- This video series will help parents understand more about their child's growth and development, teach skills to better communicate, set groundwork for positive discipline and practice some much needed self-care.
LOCAL RESOURCE LIBRARIES
- Parent Resources
- Access a list of local child care resources, educational programs, free apps, special needs and mental health programs, and more.
- Provider Resources
- Child care professionals can easily access a list of local programs, services, resources and tools to help them provide better education and care to our youngest children in Cabarrus County.