Welcome to
First Impressions of Routt County
Routt County's
Early Childhood Council
First Impressions serves as the hub for all early childhood resources. In strengthening and streamlining all early childhood services, families with young children are connected to the resources they need to ensure all children are valued, healthy, and thriving.
Free Community
Developmental Screenings
May 22nd and 23rd
First Impressions of Routt County is hosting our first annual, free, community developmental screenings on May 22nd and 23rd of 2024. If you are seeking services for your child and need a verified screening, please sign up for an appointment during community hours. Appointments are available on a first come, first serve basis. We will be screening for vision, dental, hearing, speech and language, and fine and gross motor cognitive. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or issues getting an appointment.
First Impressions of Routt County está organizando nuestras primeras evaluaciones anuales gratuitas de desarrollo comunitario los días 22 y 23 de mayo de 2024. Si está buscando servicios para su hijo y necesita una evaluación verificada, por favor regístrese para una cita durante las horas de la comunidad. Los nombramientos están disponibles por orden de llegada, por orden de servicio. Realizaremos exámenes de detección de la visión, dental, audición, habla y lenguaje, y de la motricidad fina y gruesa cognitiva. Por favor, no dude en ponerse en contacto con nosotros con cualquier pregunta o o problema para obtener una cita.
Check out Routt County Child Care Needs Assessment Report
To identify a plan to address gaps in the system, the Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation (CSFF) and First Impressions of Routt County commissioned this needs assessment in October 2022 to clearly understand the state of early care and education (ECE) in the county.
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Between October 2022 and July 2023, researchers from the Butler Institute for
Families at the University of Denver (Butler) collected data to understand the
supply of and demand for ECE services of children birth through age 8 in
Routt County. The needs assessment used secondary data, interviews and
focus groups, and surveys to collect data from ECE providers, families, and
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