Health & Safety

Healthy growth and development is the cornerstone of a child’s success. For this reason, the health benefits of children should be one of the principal goals of comprehensive early childhood initiatives. This is reflected in North Carolina’s Smart Start initiative with goals highlighting the enhanced use of preventive health care and the earliest possible detection of developmental concerns, with appropriate referral for early intervention services. Smart Start of New Hanover County provides the following health related services:

Child Care Health Consultant

Health professional provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to child care facilities, and consultation to families in their care, to promote safe and healthy environments in child care settings.  Support for establishing and implementing health and safety policies and procedures is offered.  Smart Start of New Hanover County, 815-3731.

NC Health Choice/Health Check

Application assistance in offered for this free or low-cost health insurance for children of working families that qualify. Insured families are linked to physicians, promoting preventive health care. Smart Start of New Hanover County, 815-3731.