The Four Rivers Early Learning Hub, to oversee services for children through age 5 in Hood River, Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties, is in process of being approved by the state. Hood River County Prevention Department Director Joella Dethman, who is serving as an interim coordinator for the hub, says they are in the final stages of getting state approval, and should be an official hub by April. Dethman says the goal of the hub is to coordinate services for young children to help them get off to a good educational start while providing accountability on results.