PC Health & Human Services Receives $90,000 Grant

The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) awarded grants through the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative, a multi-year initiative to enhance parenting education programs across Oregon. Polk County Health & Human Services will receive $90,000 each year for 3 years to provide:

• Staff to coordinate parenting resources in Polk County;
• Parenting classes in English and Spanish continually through out the county;
• A comprehensive parenting resource web site; and
• Training for trainers to expand number of parent educators and trainers in our County

This grant will start July 1, 2011. Stay tuned for more details! Also visit the Polk County Commission for Children and Families website for a list of upcoming parenting classes.