Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery

We continued our 4 preschool promise classrooms from the previous year, and served 40 children through this program. These classrooms served children who would have previously been sent to other preschools after "graduating" from relief nursery services. Since adding these classrooms, we have been able to maintain relationships with the families and continue to provide wrap-around services. Over the course of the school year, 86% of children enrolled in these classrooms met widely-held expectations for both social-emotional development, and 86% also met the expectations for language development. These two areas that are critical for success in kindergarten, throughout school, and into adult life. (continued on sch o)we continue to work with the oregon department of early learning and care (delc) to make sure that the preschool promise program is both funded and implemented in a way that meets the needs of children, families, and staff. As we move into the next fiscal year, we anticipate ongoing work with delc and local child care resource & referral office to plan and implement infant & early childhood mental health consultation, as we are the only local provider that already implements these services within our program.