Who We Are
Mission: To foster parents’ role as the principal influence on a child’s development through comprehensive services and community resource partnerships.
The Portage Private Industry Council, Inc. (PPIC), doing business as Portage Learning Centers (PLC), is a private, not-for-profit, 501 c(3) organization that was incorporated in 1983 to administer the federally funded Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. PLC administered JTPA programs from 1983 through 2000 when the Workforce Investment Act replaced the program. In 1997, PLC was awarded the State and Federal Head Start programs for Portage County. In 2010, PLC was awarded the Federal Early Head Start program. At PLC, we are all about providing high-quality, holistic services to the children and families of Portage County, Ohio.
What We Do
Portage Learning Centers operates the Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Portage County. Head Start and Early Head Start are federally funded, FREE programs that promote the school readiness of children ages birth to 5 from income-eligible families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, including health, nutrition, social services, education, and cognitive development services.
