WAGE$ Spread the Word!

North Carolina has an education-based salary supplement program to help support the early care and education workforce. The Child Care WAGE$® Program provides education-based salary supplements to eligible educators working with children birth to age five through a collaboration between local Smart Start partnerships who choose to participate, the North Carolina Partnership for Children and the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). Counties that currently participate can be found here.  Click here to read more!