Partner Links

Early Learning Providers

• Care Connections and Education – Child Care Resource and referral for Douglas, Klamath and Lake Counties
• United Community Action Network (Head Start and other family support services) – Douglas County
• Family Development Center (Healthy Start and Relief Nursery services) – Douglas County
• Family Relief Nursery (Relief Nursery services in Drain, north Douglas County) – Douglas County
• Klamath Head Start
• Oregon Child Development Coalition (OCDC) 
• The YMCA at Fairview

Social and Human Services

• Oregon Department of Human Services (Douglas and Lake child welfare and self-sufficiency services)
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Douglas County Health & Social Services
• Klamath-Lake Community Action 

Businesses/Foundations/Service Groups

• Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
• The Ford Family Foundation
• Oregon Community Foundation
• Oregon Department of Education

• “The Early Learning Council is the governing body overseeing the Early Learning System. As part of the 40/40/20 education goal and the Governor’s vision for a seamless education system from birth through college, the Early Learning Council guides efforts to streamline state programs, provides policy direction to meet early learning goals statewide, and provides oversight for services supporting children and families across Oregon.” For more information.
• Oregon Early Learning System is the mechanism that guides core initiatives, early learning hubs and the kindergarten assessment.
• Oregon’s Office of Children – is the mechanism that provides funding, monitoring, regulation and state oversight for early learning.
• Oregon Quality Rating and Improvement System – Oregon’s Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) raises the quality and consistency of child care and early learning programs across the state. It recognizes, rewards and builds on what early learning and development programs are already doing well. It helps ensure children are ready for kindergarten by connecting programs and providers with free tools, financial incentives and professional advice that they can put into practice with confidence.
• Oregon Governor’s website