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Early learning program has free preschool spots

Time running short for low-income families to get kids enrolled in ECEAP

By Katie Gillespie, Columbian Education Reporter
Published: October 6, 2016, 9:16pm
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Ashley Horn helps her daughter, Icess, 4, dry her hands at Hough Early Learning Center in Vancouver on Thursday. Horn, a single mother, credits the Hough Early Learning Center for helping her find a job, get her GED and enroll in cosmetology school.
Ashley Horn helps her daughter, Icess, 4, dry her hands at Hough Early Learning Center in Vancouver on Thursday. Horn, a single mother, credits the Hough Early Learning Center for helping her find a job, get her GED and enroll in cosmetology school. (Ariane Kunze/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Ashley Horn and her daughter, Icess, have each grown in their own ways since the 4-year-old girl enrolled at the Hough Early Learning Center a year ago.

Icess counts, knows how to write her name and other letters, and has discovered her own musical talent, her mom said, adding that her daughter “amazes me sometimes when she comes home.”

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