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Relief nursery director outlines free services; city council encouraged to refer families
Summary
Coastal Families Relief Nursery presented its therapeutic classroom and home-visiting model to the council and said it currently serves 14 families, is free to enrolled residents, and brings about $300,000 per year in state funding; the nonprofit invited tours and volunteer support.
Evan Porter, executive director of Coastal Families Relief Nursery, gave a short overview of the nonprofit’s child-abuse-prevention model and services during the Aug. 6 Coos Bay City Council meeting.
Porter said the relief nursery offers therapeutic classrooms with high adult-to-child ratios, parent education and home visiting, and a "care closet" that supplies diapers and hygiene items to enrolled…
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