The USDA's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) works to combat hunger. It brings healthy foods to tables across the country for children in child care centers, homes, and afterschool programs as well as adults in day care.

Get the free Oregon ONE Mobile app to manage your medical, food, cash and child care benefits from your smartphone. Visit benefits.oregon.gov to find links to download.

Prefer to talk to someone on the phone about your medical, food, cash and child care benefits? Call wait times at 1-800-699-9075 are shortest in the morning from 7 to 8 a.m. You can also call or visit a local office. Find the one closest to you at https://benefits.oregon.gov.

Before applying for medical, food, cash and child care benefits, gather the documents you may need like identification, proof of income and expenses. Be sure to include every member of the household who is applying for benefit. Use this checklist to see what you'll need to apply.

he goal of the workgroup is to gather valuable feedback on about outdoor learning environments and discuss how rules can be structured to support the health and safety of children in these programs.

Learn more about the new Oregon Kids Credit, EITC, the Oregon EIC, and the Working Family Household and Dependent Care Credit

 LBLHEA Spring 2024 Free Healthcare Interpreter Training will begin soon! This virtual 64 hour training is designed for new interpreters who want to get certification. Classes begin February 24, 2024, and end April 6, 2024.

Oregon’s Kitchen Table (OKT) is working with ODE and DELC to gather feedback about the Family Conversation, the first stage of the Early Learning Transition Check-In.  In the Family Conversation, kindergarten teachers have one-on-one discussions with families at the start of the school year to learn about the child’s experiences and what can create the best learning environments for them.

Community partners, coordinated care organizations, providers, insurers, and more are invited to learn more about how the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) are working together to support people in Oregon as the federal COVID-19 PHE phases out.

The Forum on Rural Population Health & Health Equity (the Forum) aims to strengthen community health in rural Oregon by sharing knowledge, expertise and resources on innovations and best practices in population health and health equity. 

The Periwinkle Child Development Center is a new childcare facility on the Albany campus. It is set to open Feb. 5th.

The Early Learning Hub of Linn, Benton & Lincoln is looking for parents of children ages 0-5 to have an impact in their communities by forming a Parent Leadership Council. This opportunity will be limited to 6-10 parents per county.