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Health Fire Safety - Download Microsoft Word File The Smart Start mission: Children will enter kindergarten healthy and prepared to be successful. The Cabarrus Partnership for Children contracts with the Cabarrus Health Alliance ( http://www.Cabarrushealth.org ) for several important Smart Start funded health activities in Cabarrus County: Child Care Health Consultants Specially trained nurses provide a variety of health consultation services, including training and technical assistance. Centers and homes with high percentages of infants and toddlers are a primary focus, along with centers with high numbers of children whose child care is subsidized and the More at Four classes. Call Kay Simmons at 704-920-1135 or Anita Sweeney at 704-920-1133.
Funded services include screenings for several thousand preschool children, dental education, treatment and some emergency dental treatment for children whose families have no means to pay. Call Sandy Boucher-Bessent at 704-920-1070. Call the dental clinic at 704-920-1020 Stepping Stones Intensive Home Visiting Program Specially trained nurses manage a caseload of fifty pregnant and parenting teens, ensuring good prenatal care and infant care. Mothers are encouraged to develop vocational and education goals. Call Julia Patterson or Jaclyn Smith at 704-920-1000.
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