Agencies Providing
Parent Education

(programs with a ** before them are for parents of children 0-4)

**WIC

Nutrition education for low income birth to three throughout the country (417-2274)

**Health Department

Ante-partum parent ed series beginning in January for 4 sessions hands on parenting skills (417-2274)

County Juvenile Services

Class geared towards parents/guardians of at risk or out of control teens (417-2282)

Evergreen Family Village

Classes open on case by case basis for agency clients only (452-7224)

Concerned Citizens

Nurturing program offered throughout the year in Forks (374-9024)

**First Step Family Support Center

Offers a class called Making Parenting A Pleasure throughout the year beginning at different times (457-8355)

**First Step Family Support Center

Offers group called Focus on the Family for chemically dependant parents in Port Angeles and Sequim throughout the year (457-8355)

**First Step Family Support Center

Activities for parents once a month throughout the year in the evening (457-8355)

**First Teacher/Parenting Matters Foundation

Provides First Teacher newsletter and developmental cards to families throughout the county for families from pregnancy to kindergarten (681-2250)

**Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

Offers classes at various times during the year for not only families but others (681-4639)

 

Healthy Families

Offers courses on various topics for parents throughout the year and in different locations (452-3811)

GUTS

One day seminar includes consideration of teen development and needs; risk and protective factors, developmental assets, and parent sharing and support. Offered at various times throughout the year and in different locations (457-0745)

Lutheran Social Services

Offers classes at various times during the year using Strengthening Families curriculum (452-5437)

**Lutheran Social Services

Referral source for information on licensed child care openings
(452-5437)

 

**Peninsula College Coop Preschools

General parenting issues covered by each cooperative preschool in the morning and evenings. Enrollment is open to the public (457-7019)

School District Programs

Each school district has a variety of programs available to parents. Programs involving birth to three groups in each district provide assistance to parents of children with special needs. Other programs are available through Infant Toddle Early Intervention and Title I programs. Call each school district for more information.

**New Family Services

Focus on birth to 3 months on any issue or concern parents raise. No one is turned away when an infant is older than that age. Dinner is part of this program which is from 4:30-6 p.m. on T, W, and Th at Olympic Medical Center (417-7652)

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