Our Continuum of Solutions
Education * Mentoring * Health * Safety * Service
Early Childhood
Elementary School
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Middle/High School
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Our Programs address the needs of children, youth, and families across the “cradle-to-college” continuum in five core areas: education, mentoring, health, safety, and service. Kinston Promise Neighborhood, Inc. will continue to pursue additional program offerings and opportunities to expand our community partnerships.
Head Start: Head Start is a federally-funded early childhood education for low-income three and four year old children. This program currently serves 311 children across the two counties. Greene Lamp serves as the lead agency and administrator for Head Start in Lenoir and Greene counties. NC Pre-K: NC Pre-K is a state-funded program that provides an early childhood learning curriculum for at-risk four year olds. Both Greene Lamp and the Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties offer NC Pre-K programs. Three School: Three School is a state-funded program that provides high quality educational experiences for at-risk three year olds. Both Greene Lamp and the Lenoir Greene Partnership for children offer Three School programs. Parents as Teachers: The Parents as Teachers (PAT) program is a parent education and family support program that serves families from early pregnancy through kindergarten. PAT-certified parent educators conduct personal visits to share information about expectations for child development and best practices for enhancing a child’s language, physical, and social development. The Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties administers the Parent as Teachers program. Safe Kids: Safe Kids of Eastern Carolina provides poison prevention and control, car seat and passenger safety, as well as bicycle safety. The Safe Kids program is administered by the Partnership for Children of Lenoir and Greene Counties. Community Health Center: The Kinston Community Health Center provides comprehensive dental, family medicine, and OB/GYN services. The Community Outreach Department offers case management, health education services, translation services, and other services to address the needs of specific populations. Lenoir County Public Schools GEAR UP - GEAR UP stands for "Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs." The goal of GEAR UP is to significantly increase the number of students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. |
Junior Achievement partners businesses and educators to provide students in grades K-12 with the tools and understanding they need to succeed in today’s economy. Volunteers provide hands-on, age appropriate activities and programs to educate students on business and entrepreneurship.
Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center is part of a network of centers supported by NC State University and NC A&T University. The Cooperative Extension Centers facilitate 4-H Youth Development organizations for thousands of North Carolina’s youth, including those in Lenoir County. Project Promise Mentoring Alliance (PPMA): The mission of the Project Promise Mentoring Alliance is to inspire middle and high school youth with a passion for learning. The program has provided in-school mentoring sessions; a Saturday Academy enrichment program; college visits; motivation speakers; literacy programming and more. PPMA is a signature program of the Kinston Promise Neighborhood. Initial funding was provided by the Dropout Prevention Committee of the North Carolina General Assembly. 21st Century Community Learning Centers: 21st Century Learning Centers are federally-funded programs to support the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours, particularly for students in high-poverty, low-performing schools. 21st Century Learning Centers help students to improve academic performance and literacy, while also providing other education services to participating children and their families. Little by Little: The “Little by Little” literacy and mentoring program was started at Southeast Elementary School in 2007. Through this program, students can earn scholarship dollars for each quarter they achieve academic achievement and behavior recognition; the scholarship dollars can be used after high school graduation for entrance into college. A local financial institution, the “little bank,” manages the accumulated funds. Every nine weeks, students are given specific goals in comprehension, behavior, and accelerated reading. If a student meets the goals in all three categories, $50 is put aside for the student’s college tuition. Students are also awarded a $50 end of year bonus if all four, nine-week goals are met throughout the year. |