Early Learning Program offered at Open Doors for Multicultural Families
Offers supportive services for parents of children, ages birth-5 who may have or suspected of having developmental delays.
Focuses on low-income multicultural families in Seattle and South King County.
Offers a 10-month program that provides information, resources and supports for families with children who may have or suspected of having special healthcare needs or developmental delays.
Services include parent training classes, home visits and individualized family support plans.
Parent & Child Health offered by Thurston Public Health and Social Services
Offers a program that provides nursing support to eligible parents/caregivers of infants and young children by providing guidance, connection to resources, and parenting support. Lasts between 6 months-1 year, based on individual family needs.
Strives to deliver high quality, trauma informed resources to underserved and communities at risk, improving the health of the public and mitigate health disparities.
Breastfeeding - LIFT (Lactation & Infant Feeding in Thurston)
Children & Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
Family Intervention Nurse
Parent Mental Health
Parent Support Resources
Nurse Family Partnership
Nurse Referral Form
Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
Offers a home-based school readiness, early literacy and parenting program for low-income families with children, ages 16-30 months, in South, Central, Southwest or Southeast Seattle.
Offers a home-based school readiness, early literacy and parenting program for low-income families of children, ages 16-48 months. Activities focus on supporting parent-child relationships and learning through play. Families are enrolled in the program for two years and receive a home visit twice per week.
Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP) offered at Triumph on Summitview
Provides a 3-year, intensive, home visitation program for mothers who experienced substance use disorder during pregnancy. Helps mothers access services, achieve and maintain recovery, and create a healthy family environment.
Provides a 3-year, intensive, home visitation program for mothers who experienced substance use disorder during pregnancy. PCAP helps mothers access services, achieve and maintain recovery, and create a healthy family environment.
Nurse-Family Partnership offered by Whatcom County Health Department on North State Street
Connects women having their first baby with a personal nurse who visits with them during pregnancy and until the baby turns 2.
Connects women having their first baby with a personal nurse who visits with them during pregnancy and until the baby turns 2. Nurses generally meet mothers about every two weeks. Visits can be at home or in other places. Provides support with: Having a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby; Becoming a prepared and confident parent; Building a network of supporting; Connecting to resources; Completing schooling and/or finding work.
Parents as Teachers offered at Brigid Collins Family Support Center in Skagit
Offers a home visiting program focused on providing parent education, family support and developmental activities.
Offers a home visiting program focused on providing parent education, family support and developmental activities. Fosters strong, loving relationships between parents and their children, provides opportunities to connect with other parents and prepares children for kindergarten.
Parent-Child Home Program offered by City of Seattle's Department of Education and Early Learning
Provides early childhood literacy and school readiness program through home visits to parents with children ages 2 and 3.
Provides a research-based, research-validated early childhood literacy and school readiness program that strengthens families and prepares children for academic success through intensive home visiting. Provides home visits to parents with children age 2 and 3 to model the types of conversations and activities that will help children be ready to succeed in school. Participating families are assigned a home visitor who will visit with them for 30 minutes twice a week, for at least 23 weeks in a year, on a schedule convenient for the parents.
Parent Child Assistance Program offered at New Horizon Care Centers
Offers case management for extremely high-risk substance abusing women. The program does not provide direct alcohol/drug treatment or clinical services, but instead offers consistent home visitation and connects women and their families with a comprehensive array of existing community resources.
Offers a three-year home visitation and case management program for extremely high-risk substance abusing pregnant and parenting women. Assists mothers in obtaining treatment, maintaining recovery, and resolving the complex problems associated with their substance abuse. Links families with community resources. Helps guarantee the children are in a safe environment and receiving appropriate health care. Mothers are not asked to leave the program if they relapse or experience setbacks.
Family Support Services offered at HopeSparks - Tacoma
Offers home-visiting, family stability programs that provide parent training and education. Services include Promoting First Relationships, Positive Parenting Program and Readiness to Learn. Operates out of the Eastside and Bethel Family Support Centers.
Offers home-visiting programs that maintain the stability of families by providing parent training and education. Services include:
- Promoting First Relationships,
- Positive Parenting Program,
- Incredible Years Parenting Program,
and Readiness to Learn.
Program operates out of the Eastside and Bethel Family Support Centers.
Maternal and Child Health Programs offered at Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Provides several services that promote healthy pregnancies and child development. Includes Black Infant Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs, Maternal Child Outreach Team, Maternity Support Services and Nurse Family Partnership
Provides several services that promote healthy pregnancies and early childhood support.
Black Infant Health
Works with African American churches and Health Ministers to support pregnant and parenting mothers and their families.
Provides health education and linkages with medical and community resources.
Children with Special Health Care Needs - CSHCN
Connects families of children with special health care needs to providers and services.
Provides case management, care coordination and referral to community-based programs.
Maternal Child Outreach Team - MCOT
Works to reduce high rates of infant mortality in Pierce County.
Connects newly pregnant mothers to health insurance including Medicaid, smoking cessation and other support services.
Maternity Support Services - MSS
Promotes healthy pregnancies and babies through nurse home visiting.
Provides preventative health and education services to women who are enrolled in Medicaid.
Nurse Family Partnership - NFP
Provides nurse home visiting services for first-time pregnant low-income women.
Improves birth outcomes, child health and development, and economic self-sufficiency of families.
Referrals must be received by 26th week of pregnancy.
Early Childhood Education offered by Community Colleges of Spokane
Operates more than 30 Head Start/ECEAP/Early Head Start centers in Spokane County. Provides support for families, encourages parent involvement and coordinates child health care and nutrition. Home visiting available to parents of children under age 3.
Operates more than 30 Head Start/ECEAP/Early Head Start centers in Spokane County. Provides support for families, encourages parent involvement and coordinates child health care and nutrition. Head Start/ECEAP: Offers full- and partial-day preschool programs for children ages 3-pre-kindergarten. Early Head Start: Child development program provided at the center and in-home for families during pregnancy and those with infants and toddlers up to age 3.
Provides programs to support and educate pregnant Latina women and mothers of children up to age 2 living in Seattle and South King County. Includes a center-based case management program as well as home visiting programs.
Offers programs to support and educate pregnant women and mothers of children up to 2 years of age. Programs include:
Bebes! HOPE (Healthy Outcomes, Prevention and Education):
A center-based case management program offering support, referral and resources
Bebes! BSK (Best Start for Kids):
A home visiting program twice a month, resources, referral and support for pregnant women and parents with children up to two years of age
ParentChild+ Program:
A home visiting program with 30 minute visits twice a week, helps prepare children for school, supports parents and offers free books and toys to enhance learning for children 18-30 months;
Growing and Learning Together (PAT):
A twice a month home visiting program for pregnant women or with infants and toddlers, not attending a child development center. Includes educational workshops and at home visits for individualized help.
Early Head Start offered at Educational Opportunities for Children and Families
Early Head Start provides early learning and childcare in a full day/full year center-based or home-based model.
Early Head Start services promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of infants and toddlers by providing educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families, including developmental screenings. Services for parents include home visits, parenting classes, parent support and networking. Full day/full year center-based or home-based models are available.
A program where educators visit families in their homes to support them in developing parenting skills.
Offers a parenting program where certified parent educators visit families families in their homes a minimum of twice monthly to support them in developing the skills and confidence needed as parents. Provides developmental screening and equips families with activities and knowledge to understand and optimize child development. Services can continue through kindergarten.
Parent Child Assistance Program offered by Brigid Collins Family Support Center in Skagit
Provides supportive case management to pregnant and newly parenting women in recovery from substance abuse.
Provides supportive case management, therapeutic parenting education and support, child development assessments and referrals to pregnant and newly parenting women in recovery from substance abuse.
Early Learning Programs offered by Akin - Galland-Ashlock FRC
Offers center-based and home-visiting options to support early childhood education including Early Head Start and Parents as Teachers. Programs serve children ages prenatal-5.
Offers center-based and home-visiting options to support early childhood education including Early Head Start and Parents as Teachers. Programs serve children ages prenatal-5 years old.
Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs offered by Thurston County Public Health and Social Services
Offers access and coordination of services to all children with special needs Limited direct medical services, equipment, and supplies to those families that meet financial and eligibility requirements.
Offers access and coordination of services to all children with special needs
Limited direct medical services, equipment, and supplies to those families that meet financial and eligibility requirements.
Early/Head Start & ECEAP Program offered at Olympic Community Action Programs - Port Angeles
Provides learning and educational opportunities to children in Jefferson and Clallam counties. Offers Early/Head Start and ECEAP programs for low-income families, provides parenting classes, and medical referrals.
The Early Childhood Services at OlyCAP are focused on addressing the needs of families with children age five and younger. Preschool, early childhood development, child care and family support services are offered at sites throughout Clallam and Jefferson counties. Children enrolled receive a developmental screening, an individualized learning plan, at least two meals each day and an active learning experience on days they attend the center. In addition to children services, each family enrolled receives support in accessing medical and dental care for their child, parenting education, home visits and help with finding needed services or resources in the community. ### Head Start/Early Head Start Head Start and Early Head Start programs promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. The program strives to engage parents in their children’s leaning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Additionally, the Early Head Start program promotes healthy prenatal outcomes, promotes healthy family functioning, and strengthens the development of infants and toddlers. ### Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program is a whole-child, family-focused pre-school program designed to help low-income and at-risk children and their families succeed in school and life. Because of the many factors that affect a child’s learning ability and development, ECEAP has four interactive components. They are: learning in a pre-school setting, health screening and assistance with follow-up medical and dental care, healthy snacks and meals, and family support including help accessing resources and social service. ### Clallam County Locations ### #### OlyCAP 228 W. 1st Street, Suite J Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-4726 #### Sequim Head Start - Sequim 224 N Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382 (360) 582-3709 (360) 582-3705 (Home Based) #### Forks Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program - Forks 301 S Elderberry Ave, Forks, WA 98331 (360) 374-6262 #### Mount Angeles View Head Start/Early Head Start - Port Angeles 228 W 1st St, Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-8496 #### Peninsula College Early Head Start - Port Angeles 2319 S Francis St, Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 452-1721 ### Jefferson County Locations ### #### Port Townsend Head Start - Port Townsend 1931 Grant St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 385-0525 #### Port Townsend Early Head Start - Port Townsend 1931 Grant St, Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 379-3912 #### Chimacum Head Start - Chimacum 91 West Valley Rd, Room 918, Chimacum, WA 98325 (360) 302-5880
Parent-Child Assistance Program offered at Family Education and Support Services
Offers a home visitation case-management program for pregnant and newly parenting women with substance use disorders. Helps mothers build healthy families and prevent future births of children exposed prenatally to alcohol and drugs.
Supports pregnant and parenting mothers with alcohol and/or drug use disorders that impede their ability to care for their children and live healthy functioning lives.
Helps build and maintain healthy, independent family lives.
Assures that children are in a safe and stable homes.
Prevents future births of alcohol/drug exposed children.
Thurston County is the 12th county in WA state to adopt this case management model.
SafeCare Home Visiting Program offered at Family Resource Center - San Juan Island
A child development provider can make 20 home visits per family to help parents build skills.
A child development provider can make 20 home visits per family to help parents build skills that enhance home safety, child health, and developmentally appropriate parent-child-infant interactions.
Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP) offered at First Step Family Support Center in Port Angeles
Provides home-visits and advocacy services to pregnant women and new mothers in setting goals, obtaining treatment, recovery, connecting with services, solving housing, domestic violence, and child custody problems.
The Parent‐Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is an award winning, evidence‐informed case management and advocacy model for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders. PCAP goals are to help mothers build healthy families and prevent future births of children exposed prenatally to alcohol or drugs. Serving Clallam and Jefferson Counties.
Early Learning Services offered at InterCultural Children & Family Services
Through home visits, case managers increase parent knowledge of early childhood development, improves parenting practices and increase children’s school readiness and success. Offers a kindergarten readiness program.
Through home visits, case managers increase parent knowledge of early childhood development, improves parenting practices and increase children’s school readiness and success. Provides early detection of developmental delays and health issues. Uses the Parents as Teachers and the Parent Child+ models.
Provides a kindergarten readiness program that helps parents close the achievement gap and give students a boost in the classroom setting.
Parents as Teachers (PAT) offered at Community Youth Services Centralia
Provides one-on-one support, group support and screenings to parents who are between the ages of 13 and 24. Service includes home visits and a monthly gathering for the families involved.
Serves parents who are between the ages of 13 and 24.
Provides screening, group activities and one-on-one support.
Offered to low income families with children up to the age of 5, and no burden of proof is required to qualify for the program.
Services include two in-home visits from a certified parent educator as well as a large monthly gathering at a neutral site where families can interact and learn from each other.
Private Pay Family Services offered at Incubator Outreach / Transformational Ministries Main Office
Provides several services to help families. These are paid services, and fees may vary by income. Services include visitation services, parenting education, parenting plan/visitation development, counseling and support groups.
Provides several services to help families. These are paid services, and fees may vary by income.
Visitation services include the standard visitation services, web-based visitation, neutral exchanges and therapeutic visitation.
Provides parenting education and support to parents including Parent Education-Coaching, Parenting Plans and Visitation Arrangement Development, Parent Coordination, Counseling, Support Groups and the Triple P Positive Parenting Program.
Home Visitation and Case Management offered at ParentChild+ Program in West Valley
Provides early childhood literacy and school readiness program through home visits to parents with children ages 2 and 3.
The ParentChild+ is a West Valley School District-wide home-based literacy and parenting program, serving families since 2001. ParentChild+ works with 2 and 3 year olds and their parents, using a gentle approach, modeling quality reading, conversation, and play emphasizing the parent's role as the child's first teacher. Essential to the program is respect for privacy and the ethnic and cultural heritage of all families. Through the program, parents experience the joy and value of reading, talking, and playing with their children.
Each family receives 46 toys and books over a two year period within the context of 96 home visits. The home visitors work to generate excitement about learning and verbal interaction in the home through books, toys and play. These books and educational toys are given as gifts to the families to continue the learning process.
Program provides the following:
- Free books and educational toys
- Promotes parent-child interaction
- Reaches families at home in their own environment
- Family events twice a year
- Screens children to assess development in speech, language, and hearing
- Connects families to additional community resources
- A positive bridge to entering school ready to learn