Happening at the Hub- October 2025
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What We've Been Up To
📖 This month, Racheal Parker, our NW Parenting Program Specialist, and Myra Ortiz-Gaona, our NW Early Learning Hub & NW Parenting Support Specialist, attended the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Oregon – Partners in Literacy Summit. It was an inspiring event where we connected with others from across the state who are just as invested in getting books into the hands of children. We also had the wonderful opportunity to reconnect with Oregon’s First Lady, who shared heartfelt words about the importance of early literacy in helping every child grow and thrive.
📚 Melina, our Coordinated Enrollment Specialist, has been busy helping families with Preschool Promise applications and placements. We’re excited to share that 181 of our 190 available preschool spots have been filled!
✏️ With help from Erin Rea, our Community Early Literacy Specialist, we’ve joined forces with PDX Reading Specialist and Nestucca 21st Century Learning Center to bring free after-school reading tutoring to up to 30 K–3 students. Interested in Early Literacy Resources? Check out our How to Raise a Reader page!
📰 With Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers becoming more visible in our region, we invite you to check out Child Care Resource & Referral's Weekly Wire to learn more about recent immigration impacts in early learning.
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Community Partner Spotlight
October is Head Start Awareness Month! 🎉
Head Start programs give children and families a strong foundation by offering early learning, health, and family support services.
Apply for Head Start here!
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🌟 Did You Know?
Need help finding local resources for your family? Our Service Center Administrative Assistants are ready to lend a hand!
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Clatsop Service Center
📍 785 Alameda Ave, Astoria
📞 (503) 325-2862
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Columbia Service Center
📍 800 Port Avenue, St. Helens
📞 (503) 366-4100
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Tillamook Service Center
📍 2515 3rd Street, Tillamook
📞 (503) 842-8423
Coordinated Enrollment
NW Early Learning Hub handles eligibility and placements for Preschool Promise, which offers ~190 seats across the region.
Learn more about free preschool options—Preschool Promise, Head Start, and school district programs—on our website.
👉Apply for Preschool Promise
👉Apply for Head Start
Need help?
📞Call us at (503) 614-1699
📧Email nwelhub@nwresd.k12.or.us
📱Or text “preschool” to (541) 313-1222.
Free Monthly Books 📚
If you have a child under age five you can receive FREE books in participating counties. Check out Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library!
📍Clatsop County
📍Columbia County
📍Tillamook County
A partnership between The American Printing House for the Blind and Dolly Parton's Imagination Library mails braille books to children from birth to age 6. Learn more about Braille Tales here.
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Do young families regularly visit your business or organization? 👨👩👧👦
NW Early Learning Hub & NW Parenting invite you to partner with us in sharing informational resources with the families you serve!
Toolkits include materials to promote:
- Positive Parenting
- Early Literacy
- Free Preschool
- Positive Childhood Experiences and building resilience
- Early Intervention
Please email nwelhub@nwresd.k12.or.us or
use the QR Code to text us the keyword “TOOLKIT” to request yours!
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Please also check out the Family Resources and Information page on our website to learn more about resources you can access in your area and online!
NW Early Learning Hub is a part of the NWRESD Early Learning Department. Other programs include:
NW Parenting- A regional collaborative that delivers parenting education programs, educational workshops, family engagement opportunities and support for school success to families in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties. You can view the NW Parenting calendar here to see upcoming events.
Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education- Please contact them if you ever have any concerns about a young child's development.
NW Regional Child Care Resource & Referral- Provides training and technical assistance to child care providers and Preschool Promise grantees in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook Counties.
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