“Even in larger areas, Buncombe and Mecklenburg for sure, certain services that have been provided are going to be eliminated.” Partnership for Children is Smart Start’s state office. Partnership for Children’s board of directors. The latest cut “severely hampers the abilities of the local partnerships to keep the services going,” said Dr. Mecklenburg’s budget dropped from about $15.6 million to $12.9 million, and in Durham, the budget fell to $5.8 million from about $7.1 million. Wake County SmartStart will get about $12.8 million this year, down from the $15.7 million it had to spend last year. In all, about $145.5 million will go to local offices, down from $177.2 million last year. Local administrators have notified the community agencies they work with that money for programs will be reduced or eliminated. The doors are still open, but now local offices have the difficult task of figuring out what they can afford to keep with about 18 percent less to spend than last year. Jim Hunt, worked for weeks to make sure it survived. Smart Start’s fate was so uncertain that its founder, former Gov. Smart Start, which supports health and education programs for children from birth to 5, survived state budget scares that threatened to merge it with the state’s preschool program or kill off its head office. Person County WPA Cemetery Survey RecordsĬompiled cemetery tombstone records created by the Historical Records Survey of North Carolina in 1937.Smart Start cuts hit in Wake, Raleigh News & Observer (8.10.11)Ī literacy program for young children, aid to families with premature infants and a project that helps children with developmental delays – all supported by Smart Start – have been cut in Wake County as the organization retrenches to deal with state budget cuts. Interactive map of family, church, and municipal cemeteries in Person County Listings for National Register properties in North Carolinaĭigital records from the State Library and State ArchivesĪ comprehensive free encyclopedia of North Carolina history Historical American newspapers, including early Hillsborough, Durham, and Raleigh newspapersĭigital records related to slavery and enslaved ancestorsĬomprehensive free source for family history recordsĬemetery records and images around the worldĬongress's digital library of photos and documents Historical maps of North Carolina towns and cities, including Roxboro Historical North Carolina newspapers, including the Roxboro Courier 1885–1917ĮBooks from North Carolina publishers, including works of historical interestįree eBooks related to Person County selected by the Person County Public Library Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection Select City Directories for Roxboro directories from 1957 to 1964īorrow eBooks, including history and genealogy titlesĬensus, Revolutionary War, and Freedman'sīank records and full-text family history books Select Newspapers for full-text issues of the Roxboro Courier, 1922–1935 These resources may require a Person County Public Library card.Īncestry Library Edition (in-library only)Ĭensus, vital, & other family history records Including military history and histories of area families and churches Books related to North Carolina and Person County history, genealogy, and biography,.Person County and local church records on microfilm.Roxboro Courier-Times and Raleigh News Observer on microfilm.Need help with your research? Contact the Reference Librarian for assistance. The library's North Carolina Room houses materials related to the history of Person County, its families, and
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |