Sentences with phrase «family literacy initiatives»

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In 293 communities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Great Britain, more than 160,000 Junior League members have been the driving force behind the kinds of initiatives and institutions that make communities healthier, more vital places to live: childhood immunization, family literacy, women's shelters, children's museums, historic preservation, leadership development, and more.

This first - of - its - kind initiative will explore the power of personalized interventions on improving children's literacy outcomes, and in doing so, may dramatically change how schools and families teach reading,» said HGSE Dean James E. Ryan.

«Readiness for school is delivered through a focus on literacy and numeracy foundational skills, familiarity with the school programs in which the students will participate in the future, and it provides initiatives that engage parents and other family members with school staff, including the school principal,» the report explains.

Superintendent César Morales leveraged his district's 1 - to - 1 tablet initiative to create a massive bilingual - literacy campaign and make tens of thousands of electronic books in English and Spanish accessible to students and their families in Oxnard, Calif..

Earlier today, The Education Alliance unveiled a new initiative, «Make Cents WV,» to provide financial literacy tools and resources to students, families and educators.

Read Charlotte is a community initiative that unites families, educators and community partners to improve children's literacy from birth to third grade.

Read Charlotte is a community initiative that unites families, educators and community partners to improve children's literacy from birth to third grade with a goal of doubling reading proficiency from 39 % to 80 %.

To celebrate College Savings Month this September, we introduced a new financial literacy initiative, College Savings Iowa InFocus, to help families learn how they can make their savings work for them.

Bright Futures, the AAP health promotion initiative, provides resources for pediatricians to detect both ACEs and adverse developmental outcomes.36 Programs like Reach Out and Read, in which pediatricians distribute books and model reading, simultaneously promote emergent literacy and parent — child relationships through shared reading.37, 38 However, ACEs can not be addressed in isolation and require collaborative efforts with partners in the education, home visitation, and other social service sectors in synergistic efforts to strengthen families.29 In this way, programs like Help Me Grow39 that create streamlined access to early childhood services for at - risk children can play a critical role in building an integrated system that connects families to needed resources to enhance the development of vulnerable children.

Fatherhood initiatives include, among others, promoting fatherhood in the workplace through work - family balance solutions, equipping fathers to participate in the education and financial security for their children through adult literacy programs, and ensuring successful reentry after incarceration through responsible fatherhood programs.16 Currently, no information is available on the Trump administration's plans to support responsible fatherhood efforts.

As part of this initiative, NBCDI has recently partnered to implement programs in our Affiliate communities with Raising A Reader, a national nonprofit organization offering local agencies an evidence - based, early literacy and family engagement program.