Cross-sector advocates gathered at the second annual State of the Child Summit, hosted by NC Child and NC Institute of ...

The budget proposal would update the subsidy rates that child care programs get per child with $80 million in state and ...

These schools rely on the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Act, but Congress has not yet reauthorized the legislation.

Erica Palmer Smith, executive director of NC Child, also delivered the annual State of the Child Address. In her remarks, ...

The NC Senate's 2025-27 budget proposal includes $73 million for Propel NC, the N.C. Community College System’s (NCCCS) new ...

Members of the NC Child Youth Advocacy Council, Avani Narayanan and Ben McMiller, speak about youth mental health on the Our ...

Erica Palmer Smith is the executive director of NC Child, a nonprofit advocating for policies that improve the lives of all of North Carolina’s children.