Beginning at Birth; Reach Out and Read and The Louis Calder Foundation

Reach Out and Read sits at the intersection of health and education and plays a unique and vital role in a public health framework that addresses the disparities in an existing continuum of family support. We have deep connections across the pediatric community, a model that supports a constructive relationship between clinicians and families and parents and children, and a public health framework that promotes safe, stable, nurturing relationships as a standard of care.…

Reach Out and Read Expands in Michigan

“We love having Reach Out and Read at our site. We get positive feedback from providers, staff and families.” Mercy Health Rockford Clinic

We are thrilled to share that, effective next year, Reach Out and Read West Michigan is officially expanding its Affiliate’s presence to serve all sites across the state of Michigan and will be aptly named Reach Out and Read Michigan.…

More than 10,000 Pediatric Clinicians Complete Training in the Promotion of Early Relational Health

Over the last three years, Reach Out and Read has supported the widescale promotion of Early Relational Health (ERH) through training that equips pediatric primary care communities to promote positive parent/caregiver-child interactions through early literacy.

Early relational health training

In 2019, Reach Out and Read recognized our value in promoting ERH and launched our Next Chapter strategy to maximize pediatric primary care’s potential to promote positive interactions that foster healthy development during the critical early years of a child’s life.…

Improving Service and Expanding our Impact in the Northwest

Reach Out and Read in Oregon and Washington have unified regionally as Reach Out and Read Northwest. With more than 400,000 well-child visits in the Northwest provided annually, the leaders in the Pacific Northwest have come together to share resources and serve more families with greater efficiency.…

Elevance Health Partners with Reach Out and Read

When delivered with fidelity, providers find Reach Out and Read to be a useful, efficient intervention that streamlines their clinical practices and improves well-child visit attendance. Increased well-child visit attendance and increased developmental assessment improve the early detection, referral, and treatment of developmental delay in young children.…

CLIMB Act Introduced to Improve Childhood Literacy for Military Families

Representatives Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) and Peter Meijer (R-MI) introduced their bipartisan CLIMB Act to permanently authorize the popular programs on military installations and at military treatment facilities (MTF) that help improve childhood literacy in military families. Originally authorized as a five-year pilot program in the FY06 NDAA, this successful program provides age-appropriate books to children during their wellness checks ages 0-5 (twice a year).…

Oklahoma Accepted into the Clearinghouse for Early Childhood Success

Reach Out and Read Oklahoma joined a network of early childhood innovators across Oklahoma with its inclusion in The Oklahoma Clearinghouse for Early Childhood Success. The Clearinghouse announced its decision in late May.

“We are proud to be included as a research-based intervention that addresses both literacy and social-emotional development for children ages five and under,” said Lori Lake, executive director for Reach Out and Read Oklahoma.…

Reach Out and Read Leads to a Path of Success for Students in Georgia

Three Reach Out and Read alumni were recognized as district winners in the Young Georgia Author Contest.  The purpose of the writing competition sponsored by the Georgia Language Arts Supervisors and the Georgia Department of Education, is to encourage students to develop an enthusiasm for and expertise in their writing and to recognize student achievement in arts and academics.…

Reach Out and Read Reaches American Indian Families in Utah

In 2020, due to more than two years of non-reporting and a lack of book funds for well-child checkups, UNHS-Montezuma Creek Clinic, UNHS-Blanding Family Practice, and UNHS-Monument Valley were deactivated as Reach Out and Read sites. However, with a new partnership from Mankind Is My Business (MIMB), we have reactivated and reinvigorated our pediatric-early literacy work at more than 3,600 annual well-child checkups and brought Reach Out and Read back to Utah for American Indian families. …