FGV Smart Start Scholarship Applications Due November 1, 2024!

FGV Smart Start Scholarship Applications Due November 1, 2024!

Franklin Granville Vance Smart Start is supporting Early Childhood Educators by offering scholarships. These funds are made possible through the generous contributions of our funding initiatives.

FGV Smart Start Scholarship Application Form

Child Care Center Mini-Grant Applications Due November 1, 2024!

Oct 1, 2024

At FGV Smart Start, we believe that every child deserves a nurturing environment where they can thrive and explore their potential, which is why we invite passionate child care centers to apply for our Mini-Grant Program; these grants provide essential resources that...

Governor Cooper Proclaims September Smart Start Month

Sep 10, 2024

Join us in recognizing the dedication and impact of the Smart Start Network, ensuring every child in North Carolina enters school healthy and ready for success.Governor Roy Cooper proclaims September as Smart Start Month. This proclamation acknowledges the Smart Start...

NC Govenor Roy Cooper Declares September as Smart Start Month

NC Govenor Roy Cooper Declares September as Smart Start Month

Aug 29, 2024

The first five years of life are a critical window of development, shaping a child’s brain architecture and building the foundation for future cognitive, social, emotional, behavioral, and health outcomes. Because of this, the Smart Start Network has dedicated itself...

Greetings from the Executive Director

Jun 3, 2024

I am excited to welcome you to the Franklin-Granville-Vance Smart Start, Inc. webpage. A wealth of information can be found about our services, staff, and, and early childhood. Our aim is that this site will serve as a quick means for parents, partners, business...

What is Resilience Training?

Oct 16, 2020

The Resilience Training is designed to support positive change using a neuroscience-based approach and evidence based practices. The program is rooted in self-knowledge, self-awareness and self-discipline for participants to focus the energy of their mind and utilize...

Reach Out and Read & Imagination Library

Nov 7, 2019

FGV Smart Start has two literacy programs that are designed to get books into the homes of children, and to encourage parents to read with their children as much as possible. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, for children ages 0-5 years, enrolls children so that...