The Parents as Teachers National Center has set up a "Google Alert" which will search for the latest news about nationwide PAT programs, including North Carolina. Below are links to recent articles.

Family Resources Receives United Way Grant
Cherokee Sentinel - Murphy,NC
October 4, 2006

... Through Family Resources' Parents as Teachers program, home visits are made to young parents to help them learn what their children will be doing next and how ...

"Each knit shawl has prayer, blessing"
The Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, NC, USA
August 4, 2006

... Reinhardt, a parent educator for the Parents As Teachers program in Catawba County Schools, was nominated for "going the extra mile" for the children and ...

"Parents as Teachers"
By Robert Kelly-Goss, Editor
Albemarle Life, The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, NC, USA
August 13, 2006

As an experienced public school teacher Ellie Nicewonger understands the value of early childhood education. And as the mother of 2-year-old Justin she's busy making certain her son gets the basics he needs to prepare him for the years ahead.

What Nicewonger has done is signed onto a program launched by the Smart Start Partnership to help parents learn how to educate their young children. Called Parents as Teachers, it is a program for parents of children between the ages of birth to three – a program for 3-to-5-year olds is in the works. It's a free, in-home program designed " ... to help parents learn to nurture the healthy growth and development of their infants and toddlers," according to the program's literature. (click on link for entire article and video)

Advocacy Strategies to Improve Outcomes for Young Children: Interviews with Leaders at the State and Community Levels
by Audrey Sherer, Public Policy Intern, and Yolanda Norton, Policy Associate
Zero to Three Policy Center Newsletter, August 21, 2006

Advocacy leaders can play an invaluable role in influencing policies that improve outcomes for our youngest children. This article focuses on two such leaders, one at the state level and the other at the community level. Robin Roberts has served as the North Carolina state leader for the Parents as Teachers Network (PAT) for six years. Brian Spicker is the Senior Vice President of Community Impact for the United Way Valley of the Sun in Arizona. Both of these impressive leaders have employed effective advocacy strategies to raise awareness, mobilize the public and other advocates, and influence the public policy process in direct ways. Click on the title to view entire article.