Program
WAGE$ Funding
Funding
The Child Care WAGE$® Program is offered throughout North Carolina as a collaboration between local Smart Start partnerships, the North Carolina Partnership for Children and the Division of Child Development and Early Education.
How to Participate
Counties that use Smart Start funding to support the Child Care WAGE$® Program can join at any time and we welcome questions from those interested. Please contact WAGE$ to learn how your Smart Start partnership can participate.
The TEACH Early Childhood® National Center has released this very helpful fact sheet about compensation: Better Compensation: The Key to an Educated and Committed Early Childhood Workforce
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Have WAGE$ questions? We can help!
When calling please reference WAGE$. If you are a current participant please also mention the county in which you work. You can also send us a message online.
