Program areas at Daystar Kids
Daystar Kids provides year-round, full-day specialized pediatric and developmental services to Children with complex health care conditions ranging in age from 4 months to 5 years old and empowers Children with the skills they need to successfully enter kindergarten with their peers. In 2023, Daystar Kids provided skilled pediatric nursing services, early childhood and special education programs, health care coordination, family support services, and related therapies onsite to 59 enrollees from 15 school districts within 5 counties in the greater rochester area.
Daystar Kids' early intervention and preschool special services program consists of a dedicated team of related providers expert in working with Children with medical complexity to provide assessments, evaluation services, and therapy services. This program improves service integration, linking the agency's curriculum, therapeutic goals, and health care directives to support the individualized needs of each enrollee, and creates unparalleled continuity of care by minimizing patient transitions and disruption of services.
Daystar Kids' family support services program is supported by new york state office for people with with developmental disabilities and provides essential care coordination services, transitional support services, preventive healthcare services, healthcare navigation assistance, family advocacy, and essential education and training services to up to 50 families annually with an infant or child with complex healthcare conditions and developmental disabilities. During 2023, Daystar served 57 families who were approved for this service, empowering them to effectively advocate and manage their child's complex health care, social-emotional, and educational goals, while supporting their family's need for additional care coordination supports.