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Rockingham County Partnership for Children strives to fund programs that adhere to the following guiding principles.

Focus on children birth - 5 and their families with the greatest need: Programs must demonstrate that children and families with the greatest need are being served.

Best Practices: Activities should incorporate elements of program models that have demonstrated effectiveness in achieving outcomes.

Family/Community Centered: Programs should demonstrate how families and communities, when appropriate, are involved in the implementation of the activity. Family strengths should be recognized and follow up provided with families to evaluate the effectiveness of services.

Collaboration: Programs should include collaboration with other existing agencies in order to work together to improve the quality of direct service delivery to young children and their families. Organizations should reduce and/or eliminate duplication and fragmentation of services.

Integration: Each activity must be coordinated into the current system of services. It should enhance or build on existing services resulting in expanded community capacity to meet needs and not duplicate or supplant existing services.

Diversity: Programs should reflect an understanding of every family's unique culture and traditions, including but not limited to ethnicity and language, socio-economic status, family structure, religious preference and special developmental/health needs.

The Rockingham County Partnership for Children funds programs that address the education and health needs of children birth to kindergarten entry. Programs and activities work to achieve the mission of ensuring all children enter school healthy and ready to succeed.

For more information on the programs of the Partnership please Contact Us.