Supporting Families
Need help finding local community resources or childcare providers – this is the place!
Take a look at upcoming parent/family events throughout Central Oregon on our calendar.
MountainStar Relief Nurseries help present child abuse and neglect through community support and therapeutic services.
A network of over 900 families in Central Oregon who have children experiencing disability.
Family Resource Center of Central Oregon is a nonprofit agency that teaches parenting skills to parents and caregivers of children of all ages in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson Counties.
At NeighborImpact, they help families access skills for success, family services, financial assistance, food, housing, heat and energy assistance.
They currently offers camps, school programs and pop-up events.
Helping keep our children safe.
Health and Development
This is a questionnaire to help you understand where your child is developmentally with a list of fun play activities you can do with your child.
Lifelong connection to nature for children.
A website full of information to keep kids safe from car seat safety to recalls and many safety checklists.
This web page helps guide parents to resources for developmental screenings.
Developmental milestones by age, such a smiling for the first time, taking first steps and waving goodbye.
Physical Therapy guide for parents
A website to promote brain building in children from birth to five.
Healthy Beginnings provides access to health, education and behavior services for young children and their families.
School Readiness
Online Kindergarten Readiness Program – Now accepting applications! Click here to learn more
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library sends books to homes for children age 0-5 in Crook County, Jefferson County, Warm Springs and La Pine, visit their website to see if your child qualifies.
School readiness is a set of skills, knowledge, mindsets, behaviors, and attitudes necessary for success in school and in life.
View contact information for Early Intervention Early Childhood Special Education
Vroom is a tool to help parents make everyday moments into brain building moments for the children ages 0-5.
This is the national Head Start website and can help you find a Head Start program and is full of valuable information for parents.
Parenting tips and information about child care and preschool options.
Let’s Play! App is a free parenting app from for children ages 0-3 with fun activities, organized by age and routine, for parents to use to support their young child’s early learning.