Education / GED
CBC Resource Center
Columbia Basin College (CBC) Resource Center
Address:
2600 North 20th Ave
MS-H9
Pasco,
Hours: M-F | 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Phone: (509) 542-5525
Website: www.columbiabasin.edu
Must be a current CBC student. Offers: child care assistance, community referrals, holiday programs, networking, counseling/advising. Also provides: disability services, book loans, tuition loans, travel assistance.
Upward Bound (509)542-4384
Provides counseling, tutoring, and educational opportunities for high school students.
-ESL Skills Enhancement (509) 542-4562
Provides placement testing, directed English conversation groups, assistance to improve reading and writing skills for foreign born or no-English speaking persons.
Children's Development Center
Address:
1549 Georgia Ave SE
Richland,
Hours: M-F | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Phone: (509) 735-1062
Website: www.childrensdevelopmentalcenter.org
Developmental Screenings & Occupational and Physical Therapy
Provides developmental screenings and evaluations, speech therapy, occupational and physical therapy, and specialized instruction to children ages birth to 7 with special needs (age depends on case by case).
Comprehensive Autism Diagnostic and Evaluation (CADET)
Provides medical diagnosis and evaluations for Autism disorders for children
up to age 10.
Children's Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia
Children's Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia
Address:
201 South Garfield St
Room 13
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Phone: (509) 222-7323
Website: www.read20minutes.com
Children ages 0-8
Group that works to ensure that all children are reading at least 20 minutes a day from birth through third grade. Also provides free books for children who need them.
Columbia Basin College (CBC) Gear Up Program
Columbia Basin College (CBC) Programs
Address:
2600 N 20th Avenue
Pasco ,
Hours: Vary
Phone: (509) 542-5546
Website: www.columbiabasin.edu
Upward Bound: 509-542-4384
Description: Provides counseling, tutoring and educational opportunities for high school students
ESL Skills Enhancement: 509-542-4562
Description: Provides placement testing, directed English conversation groups, assistance to improve reading and writing skills for foreign born or no-English speaking persons.
High School Completion Program: 509-542-4595
Description: Provides courses for high school completiion; courses taken to qualify for both high school and college credit at the same time.
Workfirst: 509-542-4575
Description: Offers short term skills training to help particicpants and other low-income families find permanent work and increase their wages.
Displaced Workers Program
Description: Provides employment and training for adults and youth. Assist adults with training needs to move individuals into family wage jobs, on-the-job training opportunities, case management, job placement, and wage progression.
Tri-Tech Skills Center
Address:
5929 West Metaline Avenue
Kennewick,
Hours: M-F | 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Phone: (509) 222-7300
Website: www.tritech.ksd.org
Technical Skills Center -Career and technical training for high school Juniors and Senior to gain employable skills while earning their high school diploma.
Teen Parent Education -Curriculum includes issues of pregnancy and its special problems for the pregnant teen; communication techniques, money management, prepared childbirth, practical baby care, community resources, marriage and family life decisions.
WIC Program (509) 460-4202
Hours: Only Sept-May, 1st Tu of the month, 8:30am-noon, 1-3pm. Provides nutrition assessments, education and vouchers for specific nutritious foods for pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children under age 5