The North Carolina Early Childhood Action Plan centers on three themes: that North Carolina’s young children are healthy, grow up safe and nurtured, and are well-supported to be learning and ready to succeed. The plan provides a framework for driving coordinated action across public and private stakeholders throughout the state, and centers around making measurable changes in early childhood outcomes. 

The NC Early Childhood Action Plan and its data measures align closely with the NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading  Measures of Success highlighted on the Pathways Data Dashboard. View data for measures that are included in both the NC Early Childhood Action Plan and Pathways Measures of Success below

• Environmental Health 
• Developmental Screening, Referrals & Services
• Healthy Birthweight
• Immunization 
• Teacher & Administrator Education
• Family Economic Security 
• Housing Stability 
• Children reading on grade-level by the end of third grade
• Child Health Insurance
• Early Intervention
• Food Security
• Well-Child Visits
• Affordable High Quality Child Care
• High Quality Pre-Kindergarten
• Special Education
• Safe at Home

Explore the Early Childhood Action Plan Data Dashboards and other early childhood data resources on the NC Department of Health and Human Services website.