A Resource Guide is provided in English and Spanish to new
parents in Yakima and Kittitas Counties. This comprehensive community resource
guide features the names and contact information for critical and needed
services in the Yakima and Kittitas Valleys. Also, basic developmental
information is included to educate parents and to promote early brain
development with infants. Guides are distributed through physician offices, WIC
and health clinic offices or upon request through the Circle of Success®
office. The Newborn Baby Resource Guide is the initial contact by Circle of
Success with a family. Between 3,500 and 4,000 Guides are delivered each year.
There is no cost to parents for the guide and they are funded by grant and
donation dollars.
The Lets Read program includes the Dolly Parton Imagination Library book club that brings a book to every enrolled preschool child each month. The books are age appropriate, high quality, and diverse in subject matter.
Enrollment Includes:
Lets Read Newsletter The Lets Read newsletter is sent to enrolled families each quarter with facts on health and literacy development. Age specific information on the development expectations of their child is included with the newsletter. The information is sent in the language preference of the family.