Overview
Through Ready to Learn, OCF supports:
- early literacy and parenting programs
- scholarships for early childhood training and education
- initiatives to improve child care quality
- research on key early childhood issues and strategies
- forums for information sharing
Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative
In May 2010, OCF announced a new multi-year initiative to support parenting education programs in Oregon. The Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative awarded grants in two categories: “hub” grants to create more coordinated systems of parenting education in their regions, and small grants to provide evidence-based classes for specific groups of parents. The goal is to support parents in their critical role as children’s first and most important teachers by helping communities build stronger, more coordinated parenting education services.
Click here to download a list of the 2010-2011 Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative grantees.
If you have any questions about this program, please contact Mary Louise McClintock, OCF Early Childhood Program Director, via email or at 503.227.6846.
EQUIP Initiative
The Education and Quality Investment Partnership (EQUIP) was launched with the goal of improving the lives of Oregon children by:
- promoting professional development of their caregivers and teachers and
- increasing the quality of early care programs.
EQUIP partners The Oregon Community Foundation, the Oregon Commission for Child Care, the Children’s Institute and the Oregon Child Care Division announced the new initiative on May 11, 2009.
For more information on details of the program and initiative partners, please click here.
New Parenting Education Mapping Report
The Oregon Community Foundation and The Ford Family Foundation jointly commissioned Oregon State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences to produce a report on the current status of parenting education programs in Oregon. To view the report and accompanying appendices, please click here.