Family-Community Resource Center

The Family-Community Resource Center (FRC) provides resources and support for daily and long-term challenges including food, clothing, personal hygiene/household items, and school supplies. We also provide referrals for food stamps, health insurance, transportation, housing, and foster care resources. Our goal is to help remove the barriers that students and families face in order to empower every individual to succeed.

FCRC Location & Hours

You can find us inside the Jack, Will & Rob (JWR) Center at 2033 NE Ione St., Camas, WA, 98607

Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., by appointment only
Just a note: The JWR building is locked during the day. To be let in, please call 360.833.5610, option 1, after arriving at the front door. We have been instructed by our district nurse to take the temperature of anyone entering the building.
Call to make an appointment: 360-833-5610, option 1

Resources Offered

Backpacks/school supplies
Clothing
Hygiene items
Food pantry – See flyer!
Referrals for community resources
Rental Assistance Referrals
Foster care guidance

Family Resource Guide

Our staff at the Family Community Resource Center and our Student Wellness Program have joined forces to produce this Family Resource Guide. It is chock-full of contact information for essential items and services, including medical, legal, and employment services; housing and shelters; financial and governmental assistance, and more. Check it out!

Click for the FCRC Pocket Guide

Ways You Can Help

During this uncertain time, the FCRC fund is being used to keep the food pantry well-stocked and support students and families with basic needs items as needed. Donated food items can be dropped off at the Jack, Will, & Rob Center, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. in our donation bin outside the front door. We check the donation often throughout the day.

Contact us now for a list of items currently needed or make a monetary contribution here. Donate Today!

To help a Camas family in need through rent assistance, please reach out to olivia.eagle@camas.wednet.edu or 360.833.5612.

Weekend Food Backpack Program

If your family could use a little extra food over the weekend, contact your school counselor to see if you qualify to enroll in the Weekend Food Backpack Program operated by the Inter-Faith Treasure House.

Treasure House provides monthly food boxes to local residents. To find out more information visit: www.ifth-cw.org/

Location: Treasure House – 91 C St, Washougal, WA 98671

Treasure House Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update:

We continue providing food boxes for those in need.
We are accepting new clients
Clients will be asked to wait outside to fill out the paperwork and receive the food cart.
- Food Assistance hours have changed:
  - Monday – Friday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
  - Saturday + Sunday: Closed

More Food Resources

Clark County Food Bank – https://www.clarkcountyfoodbank.org/get-food

Free WiFi Spots in Camas

In addition to our schools having WiFi 24/7, and plenty of parking space, we now have hot spots in buses. These buses only work for district-owned Chromebooks (not personal devices or staff laptops). For info, visit https://sites.google.com/camas.wednet.edu/camas-remote-learning/free-wi-fi

Local Volunteer Opportunities

Inter-Faith Treasure House – www.ifth-cw.org/ or 360.834.5786
Visit mowp.org/volunteer to sign up to volunteer delivering meals to seniors for Meals on Wheels People or visit mowp.org/donate to make a financial donation.
Volunteer opportunities and in-kind donation needs will be posted to the Clark County Food Bank’s Facebook page at facebook.com/clarkcountyfoodbank. Financial donations can be made to the COVID-19 Response Fund at clarkcountyfoodbank.org/coronavirus.
Share is accepting donations of toilet paper, cleaning wipes, protein drinks, and shelf-stable proteins such as peanut butter and beans by appointment only. Contact is Molly at mevjen@sharevancouver.orgor 360.605.9752.
Contribute to the SW Washington COVID Response Fund at cfsww.org/nonprofits/sw-washington-covid-response-fund/.
FISH Westside Food Pantry of Vancouver needs volunteers to help make food boxes in the warehouse on weekdays. Call volunteer coordinator Dori at 360.566.3243 or email dorim@fishvancouver.organd wendyb@fishvancouer.org to sign up.
North County Community Food Bank in Battle Ground seeks volunteers every weekday. Those who are healthy and interested should email executive.director@nccfoodbank.orgor call 360.687.5007 and ask for Liz Cerveny or Jake Smith.
The Winter Hospitality Overflow shelter at St. Paul Lutheran Church needs coverage for certain shifts. Those who are healthy and able to help at the men’s overnight shelter can contact Joy Gault at 360.901.5230 or jmgault@aol.com.
Visit the Vancouver, Wa COVID-19 Community Aid & Support at https://www.facebook.com/groups/582096935713593/.

We will continue to keep this list updated, especially as volunteer opportunities arise in Camas.

Housing Assistance

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Housing Assistance Flyers in Other Languages:

For Full Program Details

Visit the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act page here.

Foster Care

Camas School District works with a variety of schools, child welfare agencies, communities, and families. We must work together to provide equitable opportunities, specialized services, and useful supports that are essential for students in foster care to be successful in school and in life. Together, we strive to support the whole child through evidence-based, best-practices, and collaboration.

Guided by the Foster Care Education Program, Camas School District supports students in foster care by encouraging innovative practices that reduce educational disruptions, strengthen school stability, and improve academic performance.

Eligibility

Students eligible for the Foster Care Program are children who are placed away from the care of their parents or guardians in 24-hour per day temporary, substitute care under the responsibility of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Program eligibility continues as long as a student remains in foster care, including the event of a change in foster care placement.

Educational Rights of Students in Foster Care

To reduce disruption, strengthen stability, and improve academic performance, students in foster care are entitled to:
Maintain enrollment in the school of origin if that is in the best interest of the student (School of Origin is the school attended when foster care began or at the time of a foster placement change).
Receive a free, appropriate education.
Enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documents normally required for enrollment.
Receive transportation, if necessary, to and from the school of origin.
Qualify for Free & Reduced Lunch Program.
Receive educational services comparable to those provided to other students, according to the student’s needs.
Receive academic and attendance support to promote positive educational advancement.