Our Plan for Impact 2013-2018 focused on supporting an environment that built on community resources through projects that address the factors that influence our children’s ability to live their lives fully. Each of the five goals in this plan were designed with the intention to bring about positive change for children in Wake County by influencing foundational improvements that will endure well into the future. Below is a selection of the funded work.
Healthy Foods and Active Living goal: Improve policies and implement changes to the built environment that increase children’s access to healthy foods and active living opportunities in Wake County municipalities.
| Organization | Project Name |
| City of Raleigh Parks & Recreation | Creating a Healthy Oasis |
| Town of Fuquay Varina | Healthy Eating and Active Living |
| Town of Garner | Hub for Health |
| Town of Knightdale | CrossTies Keep Knightdale Active |
| Town of Morrisville | Morrisville Moves to the Market |
| Town of Zebulon | Watering the Zebulon Food Desert |
Preventing Injury goal: Increase the number of people and organizations engaged in activities that are effective in preventing injury and ensuring the overall safety of Wake County children.
| Organization | Project |
| Haven House Services | Violence Prevention Project Planning |
| Haven House Services | Violence Prevention Project Implementation |
| Interact | Youth Education Services Program - A New Model |
| Poe Center | Developing a Multifaceted Approach to Support Inexperienced Teen Drivers and their Parents in Wake County |
| Prevent Child Abuse NC | Wake County Community Child Abuse Prevent Plan |
| SAFEChild | Wake County Community Child Abuse Prevent Plan |
| UNC Dept. of Pediatrics | Enhanced Care to Prevent Child Abuse |
| UNC Injury Prevention Research Center | Planning a community network to prevent child maltreatment |
| UNC Highway Safety Research Center | Child Pedestrian SafetyAction Network Expansion |
| UNC Healthy Solutions | SKIPP |
| YMCA of the Triangle | Partnering in Prevention |
| Youth Thrive | Shining the Light: Our Community’s Response to Youth Self-Harm and Suicide |
Positive Mental Health goal: Develop and enhance the contribution of Wake County children’s places and spaces to the positive mental health of children.
| Organization | Project |
| Arts Access | Arts for All |
| Arts Access | Inclusion Pilot Project |
| Duke Center for Child and Family Policy | The Kaleidoscope Project |
| Duke University | Setting the Stage |
| Lucy Daniels Center | The Kaleidoscope Project |
| Marbles Kids Museum | Early Childhood Planning |
| Marbles Kids Museum | The Kaleidoscope Project |
| NCSU College of Design NLI | The Kaleidoscope Project |
| The Salvation Army of Wake County | The Kaledoscope Project |
| The Salvation Army of Wake County | Project CATCH Continuation |
| UNC - CH/Program on Integrative Medicine | Promoting Positive Mental Health for Youth |
| Wake County Public School System | Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) Planning |
| Wake County Public School System | Positive Parenting (Triple P) Program |
| Wake County Public School System | Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) Expansion |
| Wake County Public School System | Standing Strong SEFEL Sustainability |
| Wake County Public School System | SEFEL Coaching |
Nonprofit Capacity Building goal: Build the strength and sustainability of nonprofit organizations that support Wake County children in living healthy lives.
| Autism Society Of NC | Marbles Kids Museum |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | NC Congress of Parents and Teachers |
| Communities In Schools | NC Healthy Start Foundation |
| El Pueblo | Passage Home |
| Families Together | Poe Center |
| Family Promise | SafeChild |
| Haven House Services | StepUp Ministry |
| Interact | TheGifted Arts |
| Kidznotes | The Hope Center at Pullen |
| Learning Together | Triangle Family Services |
| Loaves and Fishes Ministry | Wade Edwards Foundation |
| Lucy Daniels Center | Wake Education Partnership |
Coalition Effectiveness goal: Advance the effectiveness of coalitions working to: prevent childhood overweight and obesity; prevent injury and ensure the overall safety of children; and support children’s mental health, social and emotional well-being.
| Advocates for Health in Action |
| Wake Technical Assistance Collaborative |
| Wake Up and Read |