SELF recruits and employs nearly 300 early care and education professionals at 38 child care centers. Our employees are child care or preschool teachers, home visitors, center directors, cooks, and classroom assistants. Many of these employees make minimum wage or slightly more. Yet every day, they are providing safe, fun, and nurturing care for 2,200 children in our community.

At the same time, there’s a looming child care crisis in Southwest Washington. We have lots of work to do to meet the growing population needs in our community.

Join us on September 19 for Give More 24 to learn more about the importance of birth to 5. To get a head start and read more about SELF, go to https://www.givemore24.org/organizations/self-support-for-early-learning-families Donations on September 19 only for Give More 24.