The Family, Infant and Preschool Program (FIPP) is an early childhood and family support program working with women who are pregnant and children birth through eight years of age and their families in western North Carolina. FIPP is a program of the J. Iverson Riddle Developmental Center. FIPP works in partnership with families using family-centered practices, based on respect for families' beliefs and values, as well as their cultural and ethnic backgrounds. FIPP provides support to children and their families in Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, McDowell and surrounding counties in western North Carolina upon request. We take pride in our long and successful history of innovative and effective program development, research, training, and dissemination. FIPP research is conducted as part of the Center for the Advanced Study of Excellence in Early Childhood and Family Support Practices.