Our Youngstar Rating
Voted BEST Childcare Center/Preschool 4 years in a row!
The care children receive at home and away from home couldn’t be more important.
Studies show that children who experience engaging, one-on-one activities and safe, healthy and nurturing learning environments have a better chance at lifelong success. They’re more likely to graduate from high school, less likely to engage in criminal activity or participate in special education programs. And they often earn higher wages throughout their lifetime.
The Department of Children and Families is committed to improving the quality of care for Wisconsin’s youngest children. YoungStar, Wisconsin’s childcare quality rating and improvement system, is helping to make it happen.
YoungStar drives quality improvement in childcare throughout the state of Wisconsin by:
-Helping providers who want to improve the quality of their care
-Creating financial incentives that encourage providers to deliver better services to children
-Giving parents the meaningful information they need to make informed child care decisions for their children—at home and away from home
-Supporting ongoing child care quality improvement by linking higher quality care to higher Wisconsin shares subsidy amounts and YoungStar Quality Adjustments
*As of 2016, our center was West Bends FIRST AND ONLY 4 star center
through the WI DCF program Youngstar! Again in 2024 we were rated and earned 4 stars, making our center the highest rated center in West Bend for the high-quality care that we provide. We are also proud to say that out of 40 licensed group centers, we were the 7th highest rated child care center in Washington County!! * We earned 4.08 points out of the 4.5 points needed for 5 stars. We will try again next time for the 5 stars!
Making healthy childcare choices for your kids—at home and away
from home—can set the stage for their lifelong success. Programs can opt to participate in Youngstar. YoungStar is a WI DCF program that evaluates centers and rates them based on the quality of care they provide. Additionally, centers can opt to be formally rated by Youngstar where an observer comes in and spends several hours unannounced observing and rating classrooms. The evaluation process is specific to each program’s size and structure. For example, a day camp caring for 50 children participates
in a different evaluation process than a family child care program caring
for three children. The total number of areas the program exhibits higher quality determines how many stars it receives.
YoungStar awards up to five stars for the highest quality of care, based on
four key categories:
-The Staff Education & Training
-The Learning Environment & Curriculum
-The Program's Business & Professional Practices
-The Child's Health & Well-Being
We are also currently moving towards accreditation to become 5 stars!
Proving the fun, loving, educational care your child deserves!
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