Coming Together

Coming Together

Coming TogetherIn Coming Together, we report on our work at our Early Works site in Yoncalla, Oregon. The report details how the community and school district in Yoncalla, along with the Ford Family Foundation and the Children’s Institute, have come together to build a new pathway for the community’s children — from birth through kindergarten and beyond.

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