TranslateReach Out and Read
Reach Out and Read prepares America’s youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together.
Accepted to the Portfolio: July 2015
Target Outcomes
Short Term Outcomes
- Children build a library of books at home
- Parents and children read aloud together daily
- Parents understand the importance of reading aloud and their role in their child’s development
Long Term Outcomes
- Children are reading at grade level in 3rd grade
- Participants graduate from high school on time
- Participants become literate adults effectively able to negotiate the health care system
Target Population
Demographics
- Early Childhood (0 - 5)
Service Area
- Southwest (District 2)
- Central (District 3)
- Northeast (District 4)
- Northwest (District 5)
Information
Program Implementers
The following organizations implement this program locally:
- Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Petaluma Medical Offices
- Kaiser Permanente Rohnert Park Medical Offices
- Petaluma Health Center
- Roseland Children’s Health Center
- Santa Rosa Community Health Center
- Sonoma County Indian Health Project
- St. Joseph Mobile Health Clinic
- Vista Family Health Center
- Community and Family Service Agency
Program Funders
Many thanks to the following funders for making this program possible.
Local Funders
- First 5 Sonoma County
- Kaiser Permanente