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| Appropriations Request | |
| Posted: April 3, 2009 | |
Reach Out and Read |
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| Amount Requested: $10 million |
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| Reach Out and Read is a national program that promotes literacy and language development in infants and young children, targeting disadvantaged and poor children and families. ROR has proven to be among the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness. Pediatricians and other healthcare providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of life, and send them home from each doctor visit with books and a prescription to read together. Funding provided by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education has been matched by tens of millions of dollars from the private sector and state governments. I joined several of my colleagues from other states to support funding for this nationwide project. |
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| Recipient's address: Reach Out and Read National Center, 56 Roland St., Boston, MA 02129 | |