Park County Early Childhood Care and Education
Serving Park County Families, Specializing in Early Childhood Care and Education
Bright Beginnings Warm Welcome
Family and Intercultural Resource Center
Bright Beginnings offers Warm Welcome visits to parents of newborns in their home or community settings. These visits offer broad-based support to parents and caretakers, providing information on health, safety, childcare, community resources, health insurance, early brain development, and highlight the importance of reading to children from birth. Call the regional coordinator to find your local Bright Beginnings/Warm Welcome person. Website: http://www.brightbeginningsco.org
Call: 1-877-927-6935
Contact: Carla Scholl 719-836-4416
Colorado Department of Education- Early Childhood Education Council information.
Colorado Early Childhood Councils
The Early Childhood Councils have expanded to 31 councils in 56 of Colorado's 64 counties. The EC Councils were expanded in 2007 through House Bill 07-1062 and are community-based collaboratives working to build a comprehensive early childhood system that connects children, families, and resources to quality services in education, health, mental health and family support. EC Council members include parents, early childhood education professionals, health, mental health and family support providers, and local government officials. The work of the EC Councils is focused around eight goals areas that include:2. Program Availability
3. Parent & Family Engagement
4. Professional & Workforce Development
5. Public Engagement
6. Systems Oversight
7. Accountability
8. Funding & Finance
The Early Childhood Councils are administered by the Colorado Department of Education in partnership with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Child Care.
For more information on the EC Councils, please contact Jenna Davis at 303/8966-6606 or by email at davis_j@cde.state.co.us.
Parents As Teachers
Parents As Teachers- Padres como Maestros
South Park Contact: Carla Scholl: 719-836-4416
Bailey Contact: Mary Alice Cohen: 303-838-7552
www.ParentsAsTeachers.org
Please visit the Parents As Teachers page on this website, click here
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Description: Children from birth to five years of age living in the Platte Canyon or Park County School District are eligible to have a developmental screening and/or evaluation. This includes speech/language skills, motor skills, cognitive and social emotional development, vision and hearing screening. Child Find is a free community screening service offered through the school districts. Therapy services are available at no cost to those who qualify.
For more information on early intervention services: http://www.eicolorado.org
For all of Park County Call: Amelie Moutoux Birth-3 at: 303-816-0011
Platte Canyon Re-1 Call: Marilyn Sturek Birth-5 at: 303-679-7594
Park County Re-2 Call: Carla School Birth-5 at: 719-836-4416
Lake George Charter School Call: Patty Moore Birth-5 at: 719-748-3911
Park County Public Health
Park County Public Health-Salud Público de Park County
Fairplay Office
Robin Phillips, Director
719-836-4149
Bailey Office
Denise Nelson 303-816-5970
Lake George/Guffey
Betty McLain
719-687-6630
Park County Public Health Office Manager:
Janice Riggins
719-836-4161
Public Health Nursing Services
Available to the entire community and are partly funded by tax dollars. For some services a fee will be charged, but no one is refused due to inability to pay. Early morning and evening appointments are available by calling the nearest location.
Free Immunizations for Children
Adult Immunizations - Flu Shots
Vaccines for a Fee
All Locations
EPSDT: Health care referrals for Medicaid enrolled children.
Recomendaciones para los niños que están inscritos en Medicaid
719-836-4164
HCP: Assistance with case management for families with children who have special health care needs.
719-836-4147 or 303-816-5970
Educational and Prevention Programs for children and adults.
Well Adult: Blood Pressure Checks, Referrals to Community Resources
High Country STEPP
Tobacco Education Program for Park County
Tobacco Educator/Coordinator
Gail Koverman
719-836-4154
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PARK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Call for an appointment to see if you qualify for assistance.
Office number for Bailey: 303-816-5939
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COLORADO WORKS & TANF(Temporary Aid Needy Families)
59865 Hwy 285 Bailey, CO / Park County Gov Building 2nd Floor
Ages served: birth to adult
Hours: Tue-Fri 8:00am – 5:00 pm
Description: This program offers cash assistance for various needs. Assistance with Medicaid, Medicare, Child health plan and food stamps.
TANF Call: 303-816-5934
· LEAP
Human Services Dept. 824 Castello Ave Fairplay, Co mailing: P.O. Box 968 Fairplay, CO 80440
Ages served: Birth to adult
Description: Provides short term, temporary financial assistance to help low income Colorado residents pay winter home heating costs. Serves all Park County.
LEAP Call: 719-836-4144 or 1-866-432-8435
Parents and Mountain Toddlers
Parents and Mountain Toddlers
Mountain Resource Center
11030 Kitty DR. Conifer, CO
Ages served: Birth to kindergarten
Hours: Class Schedule Varies
Description: The classes run from September through May, following the school year calendar. Each class runs 1 ½ hours. All children ages birth up to Kindergarten in the family are welcome. The first half hour parents and children spend time together with certified staff participating in educational play based on organized curriculum units. For the last hour, the children continue working with early childhood staff while the parents take part in group discussions with an experienced facilitator. Open to all families regardless of town or county you reside in.
Website: http://www.mrcco.org
Email: info@mrcco.org
Call: 303-838-7552, ext. 17
Breastfeeding Helpline
719-839-1006
Helping Park County residents create and experience successful breastfeeding from prenatal care through mother/child lead weaning.
This 24 hour hotline is managed by two WIC Lactation Management Specialists and is available to any Park County resident regardless of income. WIC, Women, Infant and Children is an equal opportunity provider.
This service is FREE of charge to anyone who wishes to use it.
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Mountain Peace Shelter
Domestic violence shelter for women & children. Limited financial help and transportation available. Safe pets program available for residents or pet foster homes available. Medical, dental, optical and mental health referrals available.
24hrs-7days a week crisis hotline.
Website: http://www.mountainpeace.org
Email: Info@MountainPeace.org
Call: 303-838-7176
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Park County food bank
Friendship Baptist Church 1033 Rim Rock Road Bailey, CO 80421
Ages served: All ages
Description: There is food from the church and commodities for Park County residents only. There are income requirements to qualify for commodities.
Contact: 303-838-4130
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TEFAP Emergency Food PROGRAM
1575 Sherman Street, 3rdFloor Denver, Colorado 80203
Description: Federal program that helps supplement the diets of low-income needy persons, including elderly people, by providing them with emergency food and nutrition assistance.
Call: 1-888-467-0418
Baby & Me Tobacco Free
Contact: Valerie Gemoets-Sorensen 303-816-5974 or 303-836-4149
Baby & Me Tobacco Free is a smoking cessation program designed to reduce the number of low birth weight babies in Colorado by reducing the number of women smoking during and after pregnancy. The program uses a qnique approach by, combining cessation support specific to pregnant women, offering practical incentives, targeting low-income women (the largest group of smokers during pregnancy), and monitoring success.
Baby & Me Tobacco Free is moving statewide, using existing relationships by collaborating with local agencies that already provide prenatal services to our target audience. A registered nurse with prenatal care and smoking cessation experience oversees the program statewide.
How the program works:
- Pregnant women are referred by their physician, clinic or health department or informed by news coverage or word of mouth to contact their county coordinator and complete an application.
- County coordinator arranges for the women's first appointment, during which she receives smoking cessation counseling from the coordinator along with CO testing and tips on smoking cessation techniques.
- Each mother receives three more sessions of certified cessation counseling and support and CO monitoring, usually during a regular prenatal visit. To verify CO monitor test results, counties conduct random saliva tests for evidence of tobacco use on 10 percent of participants.
- After the birth of the baby, the mother returns monthly to continue CO monitoring and when smoke-free, she receives a $25.00 voucher for diapers up to 12 months after delivery.
- Mother purchases any brand or size diapers at Wal-Mart or identified local store using her voucher.
- County facilitators report program participation on a montly basis to state administrator using a confidential website for transmission.
- Administrator tracks and records data statewide for annual reporting and distributes outcomes to all county facilitators and local media.
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Women Infants and Children (WIC)
Women Infants and Children (WIC)-Mujeres, infantes, y niños
Park County WIC: 303-816-5974
Kathleen Chaffer or Valerie Gemoets-Sorensen
Bailey Office WIC offers support on Wednesdays
59865 US Highway 285
Bailey, Co 80421
Conifer Office WIC offers support on Thursdays
11030 Kitty Dr. conifer, Co 80433
Mailing: POB 425
Fairplay Office WIC offers support Tuesdays
Contact: Valerie Gemoets WIC Educator and Lactation Management Specialist 303-816-5974
www.cdphe.state.co.us/ps/wic/
What is WIC?
WIC is a nutrition program for:
- Pregnant women
- Breastfeeding women (up to one year postpartum)
- Non-breastfeeding, postpartum women (up to 6 months postpartum)
- Infants
- Children until the age of 5 years
The WIC Program provides:
- Nutrition education including breastfeeding support
- Nutritious foods to supplement a person’s regular diet
- Screening and referral
WIC participants must meet certain financial requirements (working class families are encouraged to check income guidelines) and be "nutritionally at risk" to qualify for the program.
WIC is an equal opportunity provider.
Pikes Peak Mental Health
Pikes Peak Mental Health
Park County - Fairplay
295 5th Street
Fairplay, CO 80440
(719) 836-9087
Fax: (719) 836-2812
Park County- Bailey
460 Cnty Rd. 43a
Bailey, Co 80421
303-838-5013
Promoting Recovery Through The Delivery Of Clinically Sound Behavioral Healthcare Solutions
The Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group is committed to the philosophy of Recovery, an ongoing personal process of developing and achieving healthful goals despite the current presence of psychiatric disability. Our role in Recovery is to provide services and care with our clients’ input every step of the way, thus allowing them to take an active role in their treatment. With the Recovery approach clients learn new and useful self-directed skills, reduce and/or control their symptoms, achieve a better quality of personal interactions, and find greater satisfaction as they work toward their vision of a full and meaningful life.
Adult Network programs:
- Serve individuals ages 18 and above with severe mental illness
- Provide special programming for geriatric, developmentally disabled, offender populations, and rural residents
- Spiritual Needs Program:
Build bridges between faith communities and mental health professionals
Incorporate clients’ faith in approaches to care and treatment
Acute Network and Lighthouse Assessment Center programs:
- Crisis assessment and 24-hour behavioral healthcare for acute psychiatric and substance abuse issues, including mental health holds and social and modified medical detoxification program
- Long-term substance abuse transitional programs, respite care referrals, and continuance of care programs
Child/Family Network programs:
- Serve children ages 0-18 with emotional, mental and behavioral disorders and their families
- Provide in-office and intensive home-based therapy and community services
- Treat issues related to: depression, school behavior difficulties, sexual abuse trauma, suicidal ideation, aggression, anxiety, ADD, coping with divorce, attachment-reactive attachment disorder, and adoption
- Project Bloom provides early intervention for children under age 5 years old with serious emotional disturbances
- Serve children ages 0-18 with emotional, mental and behavioral disorders and their families
- Provide in-office and intensive home-based therapy and community services
- Treat issues related to: depression, school behavior difficulties, sex abuse trauma, suicidal ideation, aggression, anxiety, ADD, coping with divorce, attachment-reactive attachment disorder, and adoption
It is easy for parents to identify their child's physical needs; lots of good food, warm clothes when it's cold, bedtime at a reasonable hour. However, a child's mental and emotional needs may not be so obvious. Good mental health allows your youngster to think clearly, to develop socially and to learn new skills. Additionally, suitable playmates, encouraging words from adults and guidelines for behavior are all important for helping your child develop self-confidence, high self-esteem and a healthy emotional outlook on life.
For more on children's mental health, see the News/Articles/Tips page on this site.
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Childcare Innovations
www.rrcc.edu/childcareinnovations/index.html
Director:
Patricia Bolton
303-914-6527
Provider updates and services:
303-969-9666
Training information:
303-914-6307
Child Care Referrals:
1-877-338-CARE
www.qualistar.org
Child Care Innovations, formerly known as Family Resources and Child Care Education (FRCCE), has existed for more than twenty years, providing training and support to child care providers, building child care capacity, and developing programs to enhance quality.
Child Care Innovations is a department of Red Rocks Community College, and continues to manage diverse funding provided by state, federal, county, private contracts, and tuition and fees.
As a contracted partner of Qualistar Early Learning, Child Care Innovations operates a Child Care Resource and Referral Agency, serving the counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Jefferson, and Park counties.
Nurse Family Partnership
Sociedad entre la enfermera y la familia-Ayudando sucedir a los padres nuevos
Contact: Stephanie Munchoff 970-668-4176
www.nursefamilypartnership.org
Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based, nurse home visiting program that improves the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low-income, first-time parents and their children. The Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, located in Denver, Colorado is a nonprofit organization that provides service to communities in implementing and sustaining this program.
Nurse-Family Partnership Implementing Agencies are supported by a team of public health policy and administration, nursing, education and program evaluation professionals at the National Service Office who collaborate with Public/Private Ventures, based in Philadelphia, Invest in Kids, based in Denver, and other partners in the 23 states where Nurse-Family Partnership is currently established.
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La Leche League
La Liga de la Leche- ayudando a las madres que quieren amamantar a sus infantes
www.llli.org
Valerie Gemoets
La Leche League Member
Please feel free to call anytime with any breastfeeding questions.
303-815-8628
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Smart Start Colorado
www.smartstartcolorado.org
4300 Cherry Creek Drive So., Denver, CO, 80246-1530
Jodi Hardin, Director
ph 303.866.4713
f 303.866.5469
jodi.hardin@state.co.us
This is the start of a statewide commitment to young children that will pay off in high school, college and beyond.
Scientific
research is very clear: the more children learn before the age of 8,
the more successful they will be at 18... at 28... at 38... Smart Start
Colorado is the smartest way to pool our resources, our thinking and
our people to make sure our children get off to the best start. We are
a single, simple resource that will help parents, educators, businesses
and advocates find out what is available and how to be involved. We are
a movement of committed professionals and parents determined to make
Colorado the best place to raise a family.
This is the start of less red tape and more prepared children.
Throughout
Colorado, there are a multitude of resources to help children learn the
things they need to know to be successful. But parents are often lost
in the maze and professionals often do not have the resources they need
to deliver the best programs. Smart Start Colorado aims to better
coordinate and streamline the myriad efforts so that communities,
families and children get what they need, when they need it.
This is the start of great organizations working as a team for the good of our youngest citizens.
Smart Start Colorado partners are state and local early childhood councils, agencies, organizations and associations working together to create a better system of early childhood supports and services for children birth to age eight and their families.
The Resource Exchange
PARK EARLY INTERVENTION COLORADO/THE RESOURCE EXCHANGE
Ages Served: Birth - 3 years
Description: Early Intervention is for children birth to three years of age who are delayed in achieving developmental milestones, such as walking and talking, or are diagnosed with a developmental disability, such as Down syndrome. An interdisciplinary team of professionals develop an array of support and professional services to help children achieve those milestones. The program uses the child's everyday activities as opportunities for learning.
Contact: Amelie Moutoux 303-816-0011 Email: amoutoux@tre.org
Web site: www.eicolorado.org or www.tre.org
Address:
57393 Hwy 285 POB 295
Bailey Co, 80421
Family support services / The Resource Exchange
Ages Served: 3 years & up
Description: This organization is a nonprofit whose mission is to build independence for people with developmental disabilities. Their programs include Family Support, Children’s Extensive Support, Supported Living Services, Comprehensive Services and Transportation. Please call for more information.
Contact: Kim Harris 303-816-0605 or 719-687-5047 Email: kharris@tre.org
Web site: www.tre.org
Address:
59865 US Hwy 285 Bailey 80421
Mailing Address:
PO Box 856
Woodland Park, Co 80866-8541
Parent Center/Baby Center
www.parentcenter.babycenter.com
Mission Statement
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We believe in the journey of Mommyhood. And of Daddyhood, too. We
believe this is the most challenging thing you'll ever do. And the most
extraordinary thing you'll ever do. We believe in trimesters, and in
first sonogram photos, and in finding out. And in not. 
We believe in the happiest day of your life. And in the most exhausting
one, too. And we believe that the Surgeon General's mandate of eight
hours of sleep can be jointly accounted for over a period of three
days.
We believe in yelling potential baby names out the backdoor at
dinnertime - just to test out what they sound like. We believe in
packing up the almighty diaper bag. And we believe you will never be
anywhere in 20 minutes, ever again.
We believe in that moment when you swear you just can't do this
anymore. And in that follow-up moment when you realize you've been
doing it all along.
We believe the mother pictured on the box the car seat came in (the
mother who is perfect and smiling and rested) is an actress. We believe
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We believe in the first smile that is definitely not gas. And in first
steps that surely must mean, "He's so advanced for his age." We believe
in making siren sounds every time a fire truck goes by. And in
memorializing in song the repetitious nature of bus wheels going
around.
We believe the four best words in the English language are sleeping
through the night. We believe in those occasional, entirely
unapologetic dinner-table conversations about poop. And we believe in
those lengthy, insightful, amazingly open conversations with other
first-time moms - your new best friends.
We believe in the community, the wisdom, the advice and the
universality. We believe you will peel every single white membrane from
the orange. You will perfect the "driver reach back" to blindly locate
and replace a lost pacifier. And you will say, "Because I said so,
that's why."
We believe you will become a master scheduler of play dates, a
respected architect of couch-cushion forts, and an expert in what comes
after two-and-a-half and two-and-three-quarters. We believe in the
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Teller Park Early Childhood Council
VisionAll young children and their families are happy, self sufficient and thrive within their community. MissionTo develop and implement, through collaborative partnerships, an effective early child hood system that supports the needs of young children and their families. Budget-P&L SFY 2008-2009Ground Rules Teller/Park Early Childhood Council
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Michele Solecki
Coordinator
Main Telephone:
719-440.2557
email: micheletpecc@yahoo.com
Colorado Moms
www.ColoradoMoms.com
Questions about the site? Email Valerie Gemoets
valerie@wispertel.net
Making Friends One Click at a Time
Chat forum designed with Mom's in mind.
Playgroups, support, advice, friendships, sharing and a place to learn you are not alone in motherhood.
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Summit County Early Childhood Options
Early Childhood Options
www.earlychildhoodoptions.org
Contact Information
Lucinda Burns, Executive Director
970-513-1170 x307
Lucinda@earlychildhoodoptions.org
This site is a great resource for families with children being cared for in the Summit County area.
The Vision of Early Childhood Options
A community that supports the early learning and development of all young children.
The Mission of Early Childhood Options
To promote a collaborative system that improves the quality, affordability and availability of early childhood programs in Summit County.
Early Childhood Options ProgramsChild Care Resource & Referral--connecting great kids with great care
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Summit County Head Start Partnership
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The R.E.A.L. (Reading Early, Always Learning) Project--early literacy initiative
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RightStart Partner--working with Summit County government to support early care and education
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Quality Matters--supporting quality in early care & learning
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Champion for Children--advocating for our youngest citizens
Raise Smoke Free Kids
www.raisesmokefreekids.com
The Four Myths
the distance myth
I make sure I don’t smoke in front of my kids. Smoke can’t harm my kids if they’re in another room or far enough away, right?
the ventilation myth
My house has a good ventilation system. Opening a window or turning on a fan will clear the air of smoke, right?
the odor myth
I use an air freshener to make the air clean after I smoke. If you can’t smell the smoke in the air, then it’s gone, right?
the quit myth
If it’s not enough to smoke in another room, open windows, and get rid of the odor, then my only other option is to quit, right?
Fix Nixer
Fix Nixer
The FixNixer is the free, anonymous and customized program that puts you in control of your quit plan and helps you quit smoking or chewing tobacco in just 21 days. With a little input from you, the FixNixer will create a personalized program that carves out your best path to quitting and gives you all the support you need to get there, including tips and tools that help you get ready for your quit date, a community forum, your own online QuitBlog, and even personalized text messages that help you stay strong when you're feeling the urge to give up. If you're serious about quitting,
click here to get started.
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Other Resources
11030 Kitty Dr. mailing: P.O. Box 425 Conifer, CO 80433
Description: To identify and advocate needed services for mountain area residents, and to bring institutions and individuals together to provide these programs via a local single point of entry. Family & crisis services, food help, youth, middle school & high school programs, domestic violence group, Jefferson Public Health and info on CHP+.
Website: http://www.mountainresourcecenter.org
Email: info@mrcco.org
Call: 303-838-7552
Wilderness on Wheels
P.O. Box 1007 Wheat Ridge, CO 80034
Description: Wilderness On Wheels Foundation operates a model wilderness-access facility that makes a Colorado mountain environment accessible to all. W.O.W. is a nonprofit agency with no paid administrative staff. Open in the summer only. Email: wow@ecentral.com
PUBLIC Library
Bailey Branch
350 Bulldogger, Bailey, CO 80421
Hours: M, T, TH, F, S 9:00 – 5:00, W 11:00 – 7:00
Description: Recreational reading, resource info, story hour, summer reading programs, research, Internet, meeting/conference rooms, “friends” support group, book/craft clubs. Storytime is Tuesdays at 10:30. Bailey Library also has a craft group and a book club. Website: http://parkcounty.colibraries.org Email: parklib7@hotmail.com
Call:
303-838-5539
Fax: 303/838-2351
Fairplay Branch
418 Main Street
POB 592
Fairplay, Co 80440
719-836-0863
Email: fairplaylib@hotmail.com
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 9-4:30
Tues & Thursdays 11am - 6pm
Guffey Branch
1625 B Park Cnty Rd 102
POB 33
719-689-9280
Email: guffeylib@hotmail.com
Lake George Branch
37900 Hwy 24
Lake George, co 80827
719-748-3812
Email: kplutt@centurytel.net
Monday-Thursday
11:30-4pm
Saturday
10am-2pm
Park County Public Libraries-Administraitive Offices
418 Main Street
P.O. Box 592
Fairplay, Co 80440
719836-4299
Fax: 719-836-0863
Email: pchapman@parkco.us
If you see information that needs to be updated or you know of organizations that are not
listed please email me and it will be added or corrected. Thank you, Natalie Hermansen nfairplay@aol.com