Rosemount Center

Infant/Toddler Program - The Center's Infant/Toddler Program provides high quality services to pregnant women, infants and toddlers (6 weeks to 3 years old) and their families. The program enhances the development of very young children and promotes healthy family functioning. The Infant/Toddler Program serves a total of 74 children funded by 1) Early Head Start, 2) subsidized spaces through the District of Columbia's Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), and 3) families who pay tuition. Rosemount's Early Head Start funding began in 1996 with a grant to fund 31 center-based children and 44 home-based children, growing to 39 center-based and 77 home-based children for a total of 116 children currently funded by Early Head Start. We provide comprehensive services to children within three infant classrooms of six children with a child/staff ratio of 2:1 and seven toddler classrooms of eight children with a child/staff ratio of 4:1. Home visitors have a caseload of 11 families, providing one home visit per week per family lasting for a minimum of 1 1/2 hours each and bi-monthly group socializations.

Other Programs - The Center provides early intervention and special education coordination for children with developmental delays and/or disabilities in collaboration with our other services. We provide meals, snacks and an After-care Program to assist families in meeting the demands of work and family while ensuring children are in a safe, nurturing and healthy environment. We also provide family support services for low-income families, including referrals for community resources, prenatal services for pregnant mothers, group socializations, and parenting workshops.

Preschool - Rosemount coordinates high-quality early childhood education and family development services to preschoolers (3-5 years old) and their families at the Center. This program promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services. The Preschool Program currently serves 89 center-based children within seven classrooms of 10-16 children. Child/staff ratios range from 5:1 to 8:1. o These children are funded by 1) subsidized spaces through OSSE, 2) OSSE's PreK Enhancement and Expansion grant, 3) Head Start, and 4) families who pay tuition.