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Meet Our Executive Committee & Member Organizations
Join the Momentum
Meet 2024 -25 Grays Harbor Early Learning Coalition's Executive Committee
Co-Chair:
Erin Schreiber
Healthy Families Division Manager
Grays Harbor County Public Health
Co-Chair:
Anne Rothert
Parent, Family, Community Engagement
Specialist
ESD 113 Early Learning
Treasurer:
Shawn Thurman
South Sound Parent to Parent
Ad hoc board memeber:
Maria Cage
Assistant Teacher Bezos Academy Pacific Beach
GRAYS HARBOR EARLY LEARNING
COALITION MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Aberdeen School District serves families living in the city of Aberdeen.
Behavioral Health Resources (BHR) has been providing mental health services in Grays Harbor County for over two decades. BHR serves over 800 individuals in the Grays Harbor region in any given month. This includes adults and children, youth and families. We have an ongoing commitment to provide quality services to the people of Grays Harbor County, and the communities we serve.
Chehalis Tribal Early Learning Center gives Native families and individuals opportunities for continued academic growth and success. They extend services to tribal members, Native Americans and the local community. This promotes strong relationships between families, students and educators.
Choice Regional Healthcare Network
Early Steps to School Success® aims to provide flexible, evidence-based home visiting, family support, and language/literacy interventions for children prenatal to five years. It focuses on building strong foundations for parenting and school readiness, serving as a catalyst for children to achieve a lifetime of learning.
North Beach Early Steps to School Success Facebook page.
Lake Quinault Facebook page.
Grays Harbor College provides professional development for Early Learning professionals in addition to adult education, training in English Language, GED preparation, high school completion, career and technical education (Workforce Education) and college transfer courses.
Grays Harbor County Public Health works to improve the health and well-being of the people of Grays Harbor. They accomplish this through a variety of services and programs, including the Grays Harbor Family Support Program and Parents as Teachers.
Lake Quinault Early Learning Center's Save the Children’s Birth to 3 program and ECEAP (Early Childhood Education Assistance Program) Preschool. We serve children within the Lake Quinault School District: Humptulips, Neilton, Quinault, and Amanda Park.
Molina Healthcare seeks to provide quality health care to people receiving government assistance. They are committed to community service and have established a vibrant corporate social responsibility initiative to support the communities they serve.
South Sound Parent to Parent, (Birth to Three Program) (SSP2P) is the early intervention provider agency that helps children from birth to three with developmental delays or disabilities. Grays Harbor, they provide early intervention evaluation, therapeutic services (OT, PT, Speech and Home Visiting), and family resources coordination, and are the point of entry for all birth to three services.
Timberland Regional Library (TRL) is a public library system that provides library services and programming to the residents of Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties.
ESD 113 Sound to Harbor ECEAP & Head Start has programs that provide high-quality preschool to support children’s emotional, social, health, nutritional, and psychological needs. Financial aid is available to those who qualify.
Beacon Elementary School
Development Preschool (3 year olds)
Transition to Kindergarten for qualifying students. (4 year olds)
The Capital STEM Alliance believes that every young person in the Capital Region needs access to real-world, STEM learning experiences and supports that offer multiple pathways to college, career, and life opportunities.
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Child Care Action Council (CCAC) serves parents and providers in Grays Harbor to promote and nurture early learning communities where children and families thrive. They work on child care issues by helping families locate quality childcare in their area, offering training for child care professionals, facilitating quality improvement efforts and helping to create new child care programs to fulfill unmet needs. They provide programs for kids and families including play groups and Raising a Reader early literacy program, and also advocate for children and families on a state, local, and federal level.
Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is the lead agency for state-funded services that support children and families to build resilience and health, and to improve educational outcomes. They accomplish this by partnering with state and local agencies, tribes and other organizations in communities across the state of Washington.
Elma School's School-Based Health Center provides medical, mental health, dental and vision services for students in the district. A school-based health center (SBHC) fosters learning readiness and academic achievement by ensuring that students' health needs are being met so they can focus on learning, playing, growing, and thriving.
Grays Harbor Community Foundation is known in the community for giving grants to other non-profits in Grays Harbor County and scholarships to youth. They also provide administrative and investment management services that make it easy for donors to be involved at whatever level they wish, and to accomplish their charitable goals with their tax deductible donations that improve the quality of life in Grays Harbor.
Hoquiam School District serves families living in the city of Hoquiam.
Learning to Grow Child Care
Learning to Grow is proud to offer high quality, family focused childcare to Grays Harbor and surrounding areas.
We serve infants through school age across a wide variety of programs to best meet each family’s unique childcare and early learning needs. We offer part and full time care and work with private, state assisted and tribal based tuition. We also offer ECEAP preschool for those families who qualify.
We have 2 locations in Elma, and will be opening a new site in Montesano fall of 2025. Please call us at 360.482.5439 to learn more about our programs and how we can help serve your family!
Oakville School District
Arc of Grays Harbor provides information, resources, and referrals to individuals with disabilities and their families. Their Parent to Parent program provides emotional support and mentoring to parents of a child with a disability or special healthcare needs, provide Community Engagement services to clients of the DDA, and educational workshops for the community, and clubs with opportunities for social engagement.
Visions for Early Learning (VEL) promotes partnerships and community connections that support early learning through coordinated services, family events, educational opportunities, and advocacy. ​VEL is one of ten regional coalitions in the state joined in Washington Communities for Children.
Washington Elks Therapy Program for Children offers home-based pediatric services to families who otherwise would not receive adequate support due to limited funds, insufficient insurance, fragile health, difficulties with travel, etc.-- at no cost to the families served. To reach a therapist, anyone can self-refer or refer others; a physician's prescription is then required to begin services.
YMCA of Grays Harbor offers a wide array of programs and services for all age groups, including fitness classes, family activities, and youth programs. They also have child care, and preschool classes.
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