Community Partners
As a non-profit organization with a small staff, we are fortunate to be able to partner with other community groups and businesses on many of our projects. To learn more about any of these organizations, click on the links. We will continue to add our partners to this page over time; to request that your organization be included, send an email to info@smartstartcc.org.
Provides funds and volunteers to Smart Start through PNC's Grow Up Great initiative.
Provides affordable office space, services, and supplies to Smart Start.
Provides bookkeeping/accounting services to Smart Start.
Donates volunteer time and funds for many Smart Start publications and projects.
Other Community Partners
Leadership Centre County
Helps populate non-profit boards and committees with well prepared, passionate and dedicated civic servants.
http://leadershipcentrecounty.org/
To access their online directory, go to http://www.leadershipcentrecounty.org/Directory
Centre County Communities that Care
Communities that Care is a collaborative process based on a national model that identifies risks for local youth and implements research-based programs to decrease risks and increase protective factors.
(State College Area School District) www.centrecountyctc.org
(Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, and Penns Valley Area School District) www.carecentreregion.org
Local Interagency Coordinating Council
Collaborative group of programs and providers serving young children with diagnosed special needs.
Central Region Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children
A new chapter of a statewide organization for early childhood professionals, focusing on leadership, networking, professional development, and advocacy efforts.
http://pennaeyc.com/cr.aspx
Local Fathering Initiative
Local Children's Team
Centre County Council for Human Services
http://hscouncil.centreconnect.org/
Global Connections
Programs to assist people from other countries and to promote cultural understanding www.global.psu.edu/gc.
WIC Program/ Home Nursing Agency
Supplemental food and nutrition program for women, infants, and children www.pawic.com
Helps to fund many of Smart Start's projects and activities, as well as those of 39 other local agencies and organizations.
http://www.ccunitedway.org/