Partner Spotlight: Child First

Child First helps families build strong, nurturing relationships that heal and protect young children from the devastating impact of trauma and chronic stress. The program uses a two-generation approach, providing mental health services to parents and children through home visits and connecting them with resources, information, and support to make healthy child development possible. “We […]



Heather Jaynes

Heather Jaynes joined Ready for School, Ready for Life as Executive Coordinator in March 2023. She is a PMP-certified Project Manager with more than seven years of experience in the non-profit and wealth management worlds. During the course of her career, she has demonstrated a commitment to organization, leadership, and problem-solving and has earned a […]


Danielle Deshazor-Tabb

Danielle Deshazor-Tabb joined Ready Ready as the Prenatal – 3 Project Manager in March 2023. She has five years of public health experience and is excited to support maternal and child health as well as equitable access to quality resources. Danielle believes that community collaboration and access to resources/education can cultivate the changes needed in […]


Vice President of Finance and Administration

VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION   REPORTS TO:                    CEO FLSA STATUS:                   Exempt SUPERVISES:                     Supervises HR/Administrative Personnel BACKGROUND: Ready for School, Ready for Life (Ready Ready) is a collaborative effort to build a connected, innovative system of care for Guilford County’s youngest children and their families. Our focus is ensuring all children in Guilford County […]





Staff profile: Jacqueline McCracken

Vice President of Strategic Impact Jacqueline McCracken joined Ready for School, Ready for Life(Ready Ready) in February 2022 and has recently celebrated her first anniversary. In her role, she oversees and manages Ready Ready’s priority areas of data and performance, integrateddata system and the network. The latter is comprised of navigation, prenatal to three strategies, […]