About Us

Richmond County Partnership for Children is our county’s resource for programs and services designed to ensure that all county children arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed.

The Partnership is a non-profit organization that distributes legislature-allocated Smart Start funds locally. Smart Start is North Carolina's early childhood initiative that benefits children from birth to age 5 and their families.

The Partnership currently distributes more than $1 million each year to agencies that provide direct services to families in Richmond County.