Wake County Smart Start Email Format
Education Administration ProgramsNorth Carolina, United States11-50 Employees
Wake County Smart Start is a nonprofit organization in the education administration programs sector, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. It serves children from birth to age five, aiming to prepare them for kindergarten and lifelong learning by improving early childhood education and family services. The organization administers the public NC Pre-K and ThreeSchool programs and collaborates with private child care centers to raise quality and expand access to free programs, supported by a private-public partnership among nonprofits, private providers, and public institutions. It funds a range of programs across Wake County that provide parenting support, mental health services, early literacy, and other community services for children and families. Founded in 1996, the organization emphasizes collaboration, recognizes that learning begins at birth, and holds that poverty should not determine a child’s prospects.