North Carolina is a state where all children have access to a supportive family, good health care, quality education, adequate nutrition, a safe environment, and a vision of the future where they can succeed. All children have a healthy start in life.
All children enter school adequately prepared to learn and to keep pace with their classmates.
Families and communities provide a nurturing environment for children and youth. North Carolina citizens are healthy. North Carolinians remain healthy and active well into their senior years and, when they need it, have full access to necessary care. Suicides among elderly.