Resources for early childhood eductors

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Explore ECE Resources

At BELN, we understand the vital role early childhood educators play in shaping our community. As a nonprofit dedicated to your success, we're here to offer hands-on support or connect you with trusted organizations that can. Whether you're seeking professional development, classroom tools, or community partnerships, you’ll find helpful resources below. Let’s walk this journey together because your work matters, and we’re here to help every step of the way.

Resources for early childhood educators

Raise montana

Raise Montana and your local Child Care Resource & Referral Agency offers information and resources designed to help you think through the process and open a successful child care program.

Discounts and Grants

Raise Montana has negotiated discounted rates on supplies and services essential to managing a child care business such as educational materials, cleaning supplies, personal protective equipment, office supplies, and food.

Providing Care In montana

Welcome providers. Building and running a child care business is a big undertaking. Between health and safety standards, best business practices, enrollment, and finances, it can feel overwhelming. That's where the State office of child care comes in. We have the resources, programs and information you need to make caring for children more approachable.

Montana Milestones Part C Early Intervention Program

Montana Milestones/Part C of the IDEA Early Intervention Program is Montana’s comprehensive system of early intervention services and supports for families who have infants or toddlers, from birth through three who have significant developmental delays or disabilities or have been diagnosed with an established condition associated with significant delays in development.

child and adult care food program

The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) is a federally funded program of the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The CACFP provides cash reimbursements for meals served to enrolled participants that meet Federal nutritional guidelines outlined in the CACFP meal pattern.

Best Beginnings STARS to Quality

The Best Beginnings STARS to Quality Program is a voluntary quality rating and improvement system that aligns quality indicators with support and incentives for early childhood programs and early childhood professionals.

The Pyramid Model

The Pyramid Model is a framework of evidence-based practices for promoting young children’s social and emotional development.

Montana Early Learning Standards

The Montana Early Learning Standards reflects the passionate, engaged, and effective collaboration of early childhood experts and leaders from across the state representing a variety of interests, knowledge, and experience in the care and education of young children.

zero to five montana

Working collaboratively with communities, tribes, policymakers, employers, parents and others, Zero to Five Montana promotes a nonpartisan agenda to advance early childhood policy strategies through innovative approaches and sustainable solutions.

Montana child care business connect

Montana Child Care Business Connect (MCCBC) supports the start, stability, viability, and expansion of high-quality, early childcare businesses in Montana and helps cultivate child care business stability and sustainability.

child care resources

The Bitterroot valleys closest appointed Resource and referral Agency.