The New Neighborhood

A Huge School Readiness Win for Guilford County

Center for the Study of Social Policy Season 2 Episode 4

Partners in Guilford County, North Carolina, have been working together across sectors to make sure that all families have what they need to help their children be ready for school. Staff of Ready for School Ready for Life and the University of North Carolina Greensboro joined us to talk about what this looks like, including how they are working on expanding navigation services to serve families of 3-5-year-olds.

GUESTS: 

  • Heather Adams and Christina Dobson, Ready for School Ready for Life
  • Catherine Scott-Little and Christine Murray, University of North Carolina Greensboro


SHOW NOTES: 

Christina referred to “toxic stress” (https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/toxic-stress/) and Sanaa then referred to the related concept of ACEs, adverse childhood experiences (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/index.html