Tillamook Head Start

What Tillamook Head Start does

Tillamook Head Start operates as the Prenatal-to-Age-5 program of Community Action Team, Inc., a nonprofit headquartered in St. Helens, Oregon, with a Child and Family Development administrative office in Rainier. It delivers federally funded Head Start early-childhood education, the Healthy Families home-visiting program, and community-action poverty-eradication services to income-eligible families (those at or below federal poverty guidelines) across three counties in NW Oregon: Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook. Service delivery is organized through seven physical Head Start center locations (Clatskanie, Seaside, St. Helens, Tillamook, Vernonia, Warrenton) plus home-based visiting, with enrollment handled via a bilingual ChildPlus online application portal.

The business model is grant-funded rather than revenue-generating: services are provided at no cost to eligible families, and operations are supported primarily by Federal Grant Number 10CH011993 from the Office of Head Start within HHS's Administration for Children and Families, supplemented by participation in the Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition / USDA program. Outreach and referrals flow through the organization's website, Facebook page, and an ecosystem of community partners including Oregon DHS, county public-health and community-health centers, the Northwest Regional Education Service District, and local community-action organizations (Clatsop Community Action, CARE Tillamook). Disclosed technology is limited to a WordPress-based public website and the ChildPlus enrollment form; there are no proprietary AI/ML, data, or platform assets described.

As a department of a 501(c)-style community-action nonprofit, the entity has no shareholders, equity, or traditional valuation construct; headcount disclosed in the firmographic record (6) appears to reflect only a subset of staff and is not reconciled against the seven-center operational footprint. Governance is described as a Policy Council model with equal-opportunity employment practices, and the organization holds no patents, trademarks, or material third-party endorsements in the input. No revenue figures, enrollment counts, or grant award sizes are publicly disclosed.

Name

Tillamook Head Start

Legal name

Community Action Team, Inc.

Website

https://nworheadstart.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Tillamook Head Start is a federally funded Head Start program, operated as a department of Community Action Team, Inc., delivering no-cost preschool and home-visiting services to income-eligible prenatal-to-age-5 families across three NW Oregon counties (Columbia, Clatsop, Tillamook) via seven center locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Education

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Head Start & Public Pre-K Programs (EDACABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ), Parenting Skills & Child Development Education (EDACALAA), Center-Based Infant Care (0–18 months) (EDACAGAA)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Preschool services
• Home visiting programs
• Family support services
• Community action programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Rainier

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tillamook Head Start, operating as Head Start Community Action Team – Prenatal to Age 5, delivers comprehensive preschool education for income-eligible families (prenatal through age 5) and operates a home visiting program that provides child development, prenatal, and parenting support. Services are delivered at no cost to eligible families across multiple centers in Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties in NW Oregon, as a department of Community Action Team, Inc.

Product overview

Tillamook Head Start (Head Start Community Action Team – Prenatal to Age 5) offers a single unified offering of early childhood education and family support programs. The core services include Head Start Prenatal to 5 (a comprehensive preschool program for income-eligible families), Healthy Families (a home visiting program providing child development and parenting support), and Community Action Team (a community poverty eradication initiative). These programs work together to provide holistic support from prenatal care through age 5, serving families in Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook counties in NW Oregon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Head Start Prenatal to 5: Comprehensive preschool program for families with incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines
• Healthy Families

Products and services

• Head Start Prenatal to 5 A comprehensive preschool program serving families with incomes at or below federal poverty guidelines, providing early childhood education services for children from prenatal through age 5 across multiple center locations in NW Oregon.
• Healthy Families A home visiting program that provides child development support, prenatal education, and parenting information and tips delivered in family homes across the service area.
• Community Action Team A program operating as part of a national network of Community Action Organizations dedicated to eradicating poverty by helping people help themselves and each other.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Community Action TeamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHead Start is a department of Community Action Team, part of a national network of Community Action Organizations dedicated to eradicating poverty.
• Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition and USDA ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization is an Oregon Department of Education Child Nutrition and USDA program, providing meals and nutritional support to children served.
• Oregon Department of Human ServicesmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorState agency partner for referrals of eligible families to Head Start services.
• Healthy Families OregonmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome visiting program partnership providing child development, prenatal and parenting information.
• Clatsop Community ActionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal community action partner in Clatsop County for poverty eradication services.
• CARE TillamookminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal community partner in Tillamook County area for poverty eradication services.
• Northwest Regional Education Service DistrictmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional education partner supporting educational services and coordination.
• Clatsop Public HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic health partner in Clatsop County providing health services coordination.
• Columbia Health ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth services partner in Columbia County.
• Tillamook County Community Health CentersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth services partner in Tillamook County providing health services coordination.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Largest for-profit operator of employer-sponsored early childhood education and care in North America. Comparable in core service (center-based preschool and infant care) but operates as a broad incumbent in a for-profit, tuition-funded model.
• KinderCare Learning Companies: Large for-profit child care and early learning provider with national footprint. Comparable in center-based preschool delivery but funded by tuition rather than federal grants, and serves a broader income range.
• Easterseals: National nonprofit providing early childhood services, family support, and disability services. Comparable in mission (vulnerable children/families) and federal-grant-funded nonprofit model, but operates much more broadly.
• National Head Start Association: National membership organization for Head Start programs. Broad peer in program category, federal funding mechanism, and policy advocacy, though it operates as an association rather than a direct service provider.
• Community Action Partnership: National umbrella network of Community Action Agencies that includes Community Action Team, Inc. Broad incumbent comparable in mission (poverty eradication) and structure, but operating at national scale across 1,000+ agencies.

Others

• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National nonprofit youth development organization with comparable local-affiliate model and federal/state funding streams. Adjacent peer serving children and families through community-based programming.
• Oregon Head Start Association: State-level association representing Oregon Head Start grantees. Comparable as an ecosystem-level peer representing the same set of programs and policy environment the subject company operates within.

Direct peers

• Multnomah County Head Start: Another Oregon-based federal Head Start grantee delivering center-based preschool and family support services to income-eligible families. Direct peer by program model, federal funder, and service offering.
• Community Action Team, Inc. Parent nonprofit organization of the subject company; operates the same Head Start and anti-poverty programs across NW Oregon. Direct peer because the entity is a department within it and shares governance, funding, and operations.
• Lane County Head Start (Lane Community College): Oregon Head Start/Early Head Start grantee serving income-eligible families in Lane County with center-based preschool and home visiting. Direct peer in program design, federal funding model, and target population.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ChildandFamilyDevelopmentPrograms
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tillamook-head-start

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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