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The Parent Resource
Centers of the Palouse are now housed in each of the libraries and branches
in both Whitman County / Neil
Public, Washington and Latah
County, Idaho. The PRC in Whitman County, which serves Pullman, Washington
and surrounding rural towns, was created in 1993 to provide families and
caregivers with readily available resources at Neill Public Library and
the 13 branches of the Whitman County Library system. More than 35 agencies
and organizations collaborated to form the original PRC. |
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| In March 2004,
through a collaborative partnership with the Young
Children and Family Programs of the Palouse, a PRC was established in
the Latah County Library District in Latah County, Idaho which serves Moscow
and surrounding rural communities. The PRCs in Whitman County were also
expanded to provide even more resources to the communities. Parents in the
entire Palouse region now have access to more books, magazines, audio materials,
and visual materials than ever before. The Parent Resource Centers continue
to be sustained by agencies, volunteers, service organizations and grant
support. This expansion was funded by a Federal Department of Health and Human Service Early Learning Opportunities Act grant operated through the Young Children and Family Programs of the Palouse. |
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The Whitman
County Parent Resource Center Chair, Heather Havey (on left), worked with
the Coordinator of the Washington Community Mobilization Against Substance
Abuse, Sigrid Gauger (on right), and many other community partners to bring
renowned speaker Barbara Coloroso (center) to Pullman for a series of community
presentation in November 2003. Click to enlarge photo |
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| The expansion of the Parent Resource Centers
of the Palouse is funded by the Federal Department of Health and |