Growing Strong Minds. Building Resilient Lives.
101 Cloister Court, Suite D, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 644-6590
www.kidscopenc.org
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Our Mission Statement & Core Values
Kidscope seeks to educate and empower children, families, communities and organizations by delivering unique educational and supportive services.
We strive to create environments where children, families, educators and communities achieve full potential and commit to lifelong learning.
Service:
We serve children, families, organizations and communities with mutual respect.
Diversity:Â
Innovation:
We constantly strive to redefine the standards of excellence in everything we do.
Integrity:Â
We do the right thing, and we do what we say.
Our History & Background
Families & Communities Rising (FCR) was founded by Anne Sanford in1969 when she received a small grant from the US Department of Education to develop strategies and materials to assist with the education of young children with disabilities. With this funding, CHTOP became part of a national effort to address the needs of this overlooked and underserved population.
FCR developed an array of products and strategies that became known as the Chapel Hill Model and included assessment instruments, curricula, and strategies for parent involvement and family-centered programming. In 1983, the Chapel Hill Model was validated unanimously for “exemplary program status” by the U.S. Department of Education’s Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP). Today these products are revised, updated and sold through our long-time publishing partner, Kaplan Early Learning Company.
FCR became involved with Head Start in 1973 when it was asked to create a network for training Head Start staff in Region IV. Its involvement increased when it began to provide Head Start services directly to families and children in its local areas.
Today FCR serves approximately 1,000 children in Head Start programs in Orange and Durham Counties in North Carolina. Its KidSCope program serves children with disabilities in Orange and Chatham Counties and its FRIENDS and ARCH programs serve national priorities in community-based child abuse prevention and respite care for all ages .
In 1990, Mr. Mike Mathers succeeded Ms. Sanford as Executive Director. Previously, Mr. Mathers was the media coordinator for FCR producing training materials to support various FCR objectives. He remained Executive Director until his retirement in 2018 when he was succeeded by Mr. Terry David, former director of the Durham Head Start program, a division of FCR.
