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Reach Out and Read Delivers Thousands of Children's Books Directly to Minnesota Families
As families in Minnesota face disruptions to their routine care and daily life, the national nonprofit Reach Out and Read is providing nearly 10,000 children’s books and caregiver resources directly to families, fostering connections beyond the pediatricexam room. A November 2025 report from Physicians for Human Rights found that fear related to immigration enforcement is […]
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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. This unification recognizes the ways in which Northwest […]
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. Increased compliance with well-child visit attendance is of […]
Bipartisan CLIMB Act introduced to permanently authorize Reach Out and Read on military installations and at military treatment facilities.
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 […]
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 […]