Hope For The Young has been established to help meet the basic physical, social, emotional and intellectual needs of preschool age children and their families in the surrounding community of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Hope For The Young Preschool provides free preschool to children that are considered "at-risk". Hope For The Young preschool has achieved the highest state quality rating, working hard to provide a developmentally appropriate learning environment that reflects and supports the diverse cultures of the children and families represented in the community while engaging multiple developmental domains (i.e., language and cognitive, fine motor, social) in the daily hands-on learning activities.