Goals
- Prepare 25,000 additional children to succeed in school
- Provide 25,000 additional children with brand-new books to keep
- Provide parents with advice and coaching on reading aloud
- Open 30 new Reach Out and Read sites nationwide
- Train 200 additional volunteer doctors to promote school readiness
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Overview
Reach Out and Read serves 3.8 million children and their families at 4,500 hospitals, health centers, and clinics across the U.S. This project will give 25,000 additional children the chance they deserve to excel in school and in life.
35% of American children arrive at kindergarten without the basic language skills they will need to learn to read. Through Reach Out and Read, doctors give parents advice on reading with their young children and distribute a new, developmentally-appropriate book to each child to keep.
Deliverables:
30 new Reach Out and Read sites50,000 new books in the homes of children from low-income familiesParents who are 4 times more likely to read to their children25,000 children entering school 6 months ahead of where they would have been without the programResearch shows that children served by Reach Out and Read enter school with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills. This project will change the lives of 25,000 children and their families.
How will the 250K be Used? |
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| $ 250,000 | Books, program support and training |
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