Children and Families

  • Hiring: Healthy Families Supervisior – Tillamook

    Join our team as a Home Visitor with Columbia County Healthy Start! This role involves working closely with new birth families to provide intensive home visiting services, supporting healthy child development, nurturing family relationships, and preventing child abuse and neglect. If you’re passionate about early childhood development, family support, and making a difference in your community, apply today! Read Article

  • Hiring: Family Support Specialist – Tillamook

    Join our team as a Home Visitor with Columbia County Healthy Start! This role involves working closely with new birth families to provide intensive home visiting services, supporting healthy child development, nurturing family relationships, and preventing child abuse and neglect. If you’re passionate about early childhood development, family support, and making a difference in your community, apply today! Read Article

  • Honoring Joyce Irvin: A Leader Who Changed Lives for 49 Years

    Joyce Irvin is not one to seek attention or applause. Throughout her 49 years of service to children and families in our community, she has quietly led with compassion, determination, and a deep belief in the mission of Head Start. But as she steps into retirement, her extraordinary contributions simply cannot go unrecognized. At a […] Read Article

  • Please visit Head Start’s Career Opportunities page: https://nworheadstart.org/career-opportunities to explore the latest job openings and learn more about each role Read Article

  • Community Partnerships Strengthen Local Programs

    Clatskanie PUD Partners with Head Start to Enhance Safety When it comes to building stronger, safer communities, collaboration is key. This spirit of partnership was recently exemplified by the Clatskanie Public Utility District generous donation of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to Community Action Team’s Head Start program. This gift, inspired by a shared commitment […] Read Article

  • Head Start Programs Annual Report 2020

    The program emphasizes the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher and builds relationships with families to support: Together, parents and staff work to provide developmental preschool experiences for children to succeed in school. Parent Quote: “We are always welcomed with a smile and a good morning.” Enrollment Funded Enrollment: 341 […] Read Article

  • Diapers: A Small Change…Makes a Big Difference

    Imagine a world where every child has access to the basic necessities they need to thrive. That’s the vision driving the Diaper Distribution and Demonstration Research Pilot (DDDRP), a collaborative initiative by Community Action Team, the Community Action Partnership of Oregon, and the Portland Diaper Bank. The Heart of the Matter Diapers are more than […] Read Article

  • CAT) has been reaching out to the community in powerful and meaningful ways for 50 years. One program with a particularly long-lasting impact has been in effect for about 20 years: Healthy Families. Read Article

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