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Educational Opportunities for Children and Families (EOCF) Early Learning & Youth Programs offers Early Head Start, Head Start, the Early Childhood Education & Assistance Program (ECEAP), and the HotShots Youth Sports program. The program includes full-day, full-year, center-based, and home-based Early Head Start options for infants and toddlers, as well as full-day, full-year, center-based, and home-based Head Start options for preschoolers. It also includes part-day, part-year, center-based ECEAP preschool and the HotShots Youth Sports program for children in grades 1–6.
• Ages: Birth–11 years old
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Friday with daytime availability
Educational Opportunities for Children and Families (EOCF) was incorporated in 1967 as the Economic Opportunity Committee (EOC) of Clark County and has continued as a leading provider of comprehensive early childhood education and family support programs in Southwest Washington since 1967. The organization is the second largest social service nonprofit in Clark County, with an annual operating budget of more than $18 million and 275 employees. Executive Director Rekah Strong leads the organization.
EOCF’s mission is to connect, empower, and transform the lives of children and families, and in 2013 it introduced a new logo and the tagline “Connect, Empower, Transform.” EOCF serves more than 1,000 children and families each year in federal and state early learning programs and another 2,000 children in the HotShots Youth Sports program for children in grades 1–6. Programs for children from birth through 5 years old support language skills and social skills and prepare children to move from infant to toddler to preschooler. EOCF is the administrator of the Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (EIST) program and offers a Parent University program to increase multi-generational supports.
EOCF celebrates a 25-year partnership with Evergreen Public Schools offering co-taught classrooms. The organization assumed sponsorship of the HotShots Youth Sports program in 2003. EOCF provides multi-generational support and connections to resources including nutrition, housing, education, and employment, and staff work collaboratively with families ensuring all needs are met. Service areas include Clark County, Long Beach in Pacific County, and the Woodland portion of Cowlitz County.
The Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supports the EOCF website. One parent shared, “He has come out of his shell and become so much more outgoing and so helpful.” Another parent stated, “If there were no program like Head Start, my family would not have the…”
Last updated May 19, 2026.
• Ages: Birth–11 years old
• Schedule: Office hours Monday–Friday with daytime availability
Educational Opportunities for Children and Families (EOCF) was incorporated in 1967 as the Economic Opportunity Committee (EOC) of Clark County and has continued as a leading provider of comprehensive early childhood education and family support programs in Southwest Washington since 1967. The organization is the second largest social service nonprofit in Clark County, with an annual operating budget of more than $18 million and 275 employees. Executive Director Rekah Strong leads the organization.
EOCF’s mission is to connect, empower, and transform the lives of children and families, and in 2013 it introduced a new logo and the tagline “Connect, Empower, Transform.” EOCF serves more than 1,000 children and families each year in federal and state early learning programs and another 2,000 children in the HotShots Youth Sports program for children in grades 1–6. Programs for children from birth through 5 years old support language skills and social skills and prepare children to move from infant to toddler to preschooler. EOCF is the administrator of the Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (EIST) program and offers a Parent University program to increase multi-generational supports.
EOCF celebrates a 25-year partnership with Evergreen Public Schools offering co-taught classrooms. The organization assumed sponsorship of the HotShots Youth Sports program in 2003. EOCF provides multi-generational support and connections to resources including nutrition, housing, education, and employment, and staff work collaboratively with families ensuring all needs are met. Service areas include Clark County, Long Beach in Pacific County, and the Woodland portion of Cowlitz County.
The Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supports the EOCF website. One parent shared, “He has come out of his shell and become so much more outgoing and so helpful.” Another parent stated, “If there were no program like Head Start, my family would not have the…”
Last updated May 19, 2026.
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