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A free preschool program that provides children with a variety of activities to enhance their social, intellectual, physical, and emotional development. The program also offers meals/snacks; physical exams; vision/hearing/dental screenings; and family support services. Parents are encouraged to participate in program activities.  ECEAP offers programs throughout the county.

Offers several programs that help promote early learning for children in the Sumner - Bonney Lake School District. Early Childhood Education Assistance Program - ECEAP Program is administered to Sumner and Bonney Lake area families through Pierce County Human Services Offers free preschool to low-income families with four year old children. Provides children with social, health, nutrition, and education services. Contact Human Services at 253-798-4400 option 4.

Helps families build on their strengths, find support networks, and promote overall well-being, through various programs. Parent Education - Incredible Years Parent Training: helps parents understand how to build a positive relationship with their child. Available at the Wenatchee Family Resource Center or in-home. Currently provided through a contract with DCYF. Families are referred by their social worker. - Project Safe Care: boosts parenting skills, while teaching how to improve the health of the child. Currently provided through a contract with DCYF. Families are referred by their social worker. -Triple P: evidence- based program boosts parenting skills. Currently provided through a contract with DCYF. Families are referred by their social worker. - Triple Point: Local program for LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex) youth, 12 to 18 years old. Provides a safe place where youth can make positive connections, learn about community resources, receive the support they need, receive counseling, as well as participate in regular meetings with other LGBTQ+ youth and group leaders. School Success - Readiness to Learn: works with children so they can be successful in school and in the community. Serves students in the Entiat, Eastmont and Wenatchee school districts. - Truancy Invention Program: gives students a boost to help improve attendance. Serves students in the Wenatchee School District in partnership with Chelan County Juvenile Center.

The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) is Washington's comprehensive pre-kindergarten program serving at-risk three and four year old children and their families. ECEAP provides children with preschool education, health services, intensive family support, and parent engagement and training.

Provides early preschool education for children 3-5 years old in 7 communities throughout Whitman County. Provides learning environments that foster intellectual, social, physical, and emotional growth. Assists families with support, community resource referrals, and health screenings for each child within the first 90 days of program enrollment. Evaluates child's medical, dental, and mental health, and nutritional needs.

Washington state’s comprehensive preschool program, The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), is designed to serve 3 and 4-year-old children and their families who meet the income and environmental eligibility criteria, and it is available for free. ECEAP is committed to preparing children for kindergarten through education, health and nutrition services, family support, advocacy training, and parent education.

Provides the first organized learning experience for children and attitudes formed by preschoolers will affect their future learning experiences.  Kindergarten teaches children the early education skills necessary for a successful future academic experience.  Highlights include field trips, imaginative art and literature, social problem solving and development, volunteer parent opportunities, solid phonics program, classroom computers and monthly chapel times.

Offers supportive services for parents and caregivers to build loving bonds with their children preparing them for healthy futures. Essential Needs: - Provides diapers of various sizes, wipes and formula based on availability. Can receive additional supplies every 30 days. - Provides clothing sizes newborn to 2T every 60 days. Takes up to two business days to fill order. - Offers other essential items every 60 days such as Baby bathtub, stroller, highchair, etc. based on availability. Parenting Classes: - Circle of Security teaches parents to identify, understand and respond to their child's emotional needs. The 8-week course is offered quarterly for caregivers of children aged six months to five years. - Baby Care 101 is a course providing expectant and newly parenting caregivers education and tools to learn how to care for their new baby. - Toddler Care 202 is an interactive parenting series that covers child development, nutrition, sleep, potty-training, and more. - Also offers an interactive music class for children ages birth-5 to attend with their caregiver. Pregnancy and Parenting Support: Offers a weekly drop-in social support group for moms with children up to age 5. Childcare is provided. ​Offers parents the opportunity to have parent support, goal setting, and community resources to help them be the parent they want to be with support from our compassionate circle of security-trained case manager. Families with children ages 3-5 can access Education Support to work on kindergarten readiness. Adults may receive ESL support. Matches with an experienced mentor who’s been through the challenges of parenting. Receive one on one mentorship, non-judgemental support, guidance, and friendship. Contact [email protected] Offers information and/or encouragement for moms who are, or seek to breastfeed.

Provides resources and activities for school readiness, language and literacy, art, math, science, financial education, social and emotional skills, and health and wellness. Available as printable materials, interactive games, storybooks, videos, courses, and webinars.

Programs created to ensure that all children in the region are read with at least 20 minutes a day from birth through third grade. Also provides free books to groups, schools, and individuals who put them into the hands of children.

Provides age appropriate information for parents of children birth to age five relating to cognitive and social/emotional skills needed to prepare a child to enter kindergarten. Provides kindergarten readiness seminars for parents of children birth to age five.

Coordinates an early literacy home visiting program to help prepare young children for school success by: -  Increasing language and literacy skills -  Enhancing social-emotional development   -  Strengthening the parent-child relationship  Offers home visits in the family's first language twice per week for 30 minutes.  Families receive a free toy or book each week to keep.   Focuses on child development, parent-child interaction and preparing children for early school success. The two-year program is 23 weeks long from October to June, following the school calendar.

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.

Provides affordable childcare. Helps children develop self-control, independence, and the ability to make choices. Parent involvement is encouraged. Preschool, Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP), and Head Start are available as well.

A program that encourages children to explore using all their senses through developmentally appropriate individual and group activities in a safe, nurturing and fun environment.

Provides Early ECEAP, ECEAP, Early Head Start, and Head Start programs for children pre-natal to 5 years of age at multiple locations in Washington State. Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program (ECEAP) is an early-education program that prepares children for kindergarten by building social and cognitive competence, as well as school-readiness skills. Early Head Start (EHS) promotes the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers through safe and developmentally enriching caregiving. This prepares these children for continued growth and development and eventual success in school and life. Head Start is a national early-education program that prepares children for school by building social and cognitive competence, as well as school-readiness skills.

Provides the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) to help children and families get ready for Kindergarten. The program is funded by Washington Sate and is open to low-income 3 and 4 year old children.

Provides at-home education and resources for young immigrant/refugee children to support their growth before entering kindergarten. The two-year program focuses on developing essential early literacy skills, including teaching children how to read in English, while empowering parents to become their child’s first teacher. Offers bi-weekly home visits and educational materials to foster a nurturing and supportive learning environment.

Offers free preschool classes and other services for low-income children or children with special needs. Program is designed to help children prepare for success in school.

Offers several programs that help prepare students for Kindergarten. READY! for Kindergarten Classes: Offers a series of free classes that help families prepare their children for Kindergarten. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend all the classes in the series. Parents learn new skills and helpful tips to nurture development in ways that foster academic skills and personal behaviors to boost children's motivation, perseverance and engagement in learning. Program facilitates interactions and active learning by using movement, play, exploration, communication and all of a child's senses - seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting. One series targets households with 4 or 5 year olds, and the other is for households with 3 to 4 year olds. Transition to Kindergarten Offers an early start Kindergarten program for children who turn 5 after August 31st, and who have not had a formal preschool/Head Start experience. Program starts in January, and is a full-day, 20 week program.

Offers several programs to help with Early Learning. Preschool: All Tacoma Public School preschool programs provide a safe and nurturing environment. Goal is to prepare students for kindergarten and beyond, using researched-based, age-appropriate curriculum that focuses on the domains of Early Learning essential to school readiness: - Social and Emotional Development - Language and Literacy - Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development - Cognition. Preschool programs, including full-day and half-day programs, are offered at many locations across the Tacoma School District. Families with an annual household income below 500 percent of the Federal Poverty Level will receive priority consideration for enrollment into free programs. ChildFind: Offers free screening for vision, hearing, motor coordination, language, learning and behavior skills for preschool aged children with a suspected disability.

Offers a series of free classes that help families prepare their children for Kindergarten. Parents or caregivers are encouraged to attend all the classes in the series. Parents learn new skills and helpful tips to nurture development in ways that foster academic skills and personal behaviors to boost children's motivation, perseverance and engagement in learning. Program facilitates interactions and active learning by using movement, play, exploration, communication and all of a child's senses - seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting. One series targets households with 4 or 5 year olds, and the other is for households with 2 to 3 year olds.

Offers free preschool classes and other services for low-income children or children with special needs. Program is designed to help children prepare for success in school.

Federally funded program Head Start, serving low-income families with pre-school children. Focuses on the needs of the whole child and his or her family. Offers a pre-school experience while helping parents develop skills as teacher, parent, and advocate for themselves and their child(ren). Connects families to health, dental, mental health, family and nutrition services. Families participate in parent engagement activities as well as social services. Several options of pre-school are available: - Half-day Preschool: Children attend the pre-school experience 3.5hrs, 4 days per week. - School Day: Children attend 6.5hrs, 4/5 days per week. Programs available based on service area. Follows school-year calendar, not available year-round. No childcare services are available. Special Services in Head Start: Program also serves special needs children. 10% (minimum) of enrollment openings are reserved for children with disabilities. Families over the Federal Poverty Guidelines who's child has a current school district Individual Education Plan (IEP) may qualify for services. All program models include: classroom trainings, parent trainings, home visits, health services, and family engagement activities. Transportation may be available if the family is within the service area. Locations include: Head Start - West Olympia - Lacey - Hawks Prairie - Rainier - Rochester - Washington Elementary (Hoquiam) - Yelm - South Puget Sound Community College

Headstart preschool which serves 48 low-income children; runs May through November. An ECEAP preschool which serves low income children; runs October through May.