Reach Out and Read

conference sponsor

Reach Out and Read is a national nonprofit that integrates early literacy promotion into pediatric healthcare. By partnering with medical professionals, they provide books and guidance on shared reading, helping families support early childhood development. With a presence in clinics across the country, Reach Out and Read ensures that children, particularly those in underserved communities, have access to literacy resources during their most formative years.

Our Conference Visit Sponsor

Reach Out and Read - Advancing Early Literacy and Child Well-Being

Reach Out and Read works with pediatric providers serving diverse populations, including immigrant and refugee families. Their approach ensures that early childhood education and literacy promotion reach communities facing language barriers, economic hardship, and social displacement.

Key Programs & Community Initiatives

Pediatric Care Integration
- Medical providers incorporate literacy promotion into well-child visits.
- Clinicians assess child development and provide parents with reading strategies.
- Families receive age-appropriate books to encourage early reading habits.
Culturally Inclusive Literacy Programs
- Books are available in 28 languages to ensure accessibility for non-English-speaking families.
- The Spanish-speaking Families Initiative provides bilingual resources and culturally relevant reading materials.
- The American Indian/Alaska Native Initiative promotes books reflecting Native cultures and languages.
Early Literacy & Brain Development
- Clinician-led guidance helps parents understand the impact of reading on cognitive and language development.
- Research confirms that participation in Reach Out and Read improves shared reading frequency and enhances child language outcomes.
Equity and Community Outreach
- Prioritizes families living in low-income communities and those served by Federally Qualified Health Centers.
- Partners with safety-net clinics, ensuring access to literacy support for marginalized populations, including refugee families.
- Provides training for clinicians to promote culturally responsive literacy engagement.

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is an evidence based program that promotes early language skills, parent-child interaction, and early childhood literacy through their model which includes encouraging medical providers to distribute books at health supervision visits, provide literacy based anticipatory guidance, and a literacy rich waiting room.

The program serves children at health supervision visits from 6 months to 5 years and fosters literacy based anticipatory guidance including discussing the importance of reading with families and discussing developmentally appropriate interaction with books

Reach Out and Read & the Refugee Health Conference

As a sponsor of the Refugee Health Conference, Reach Out and Read reinforces the vital connection between healthcare, education, and child development. By ensuring that families, including refugees, have access to books and literacy support, they contribute to stronger parent-child relationships and improved early learning outcomes.

We appreciate Reach Out and Read’s leadership in early literacy and its commitment to supporting the well-being of children from all backgrounds. Their sponsorship strengthens our shared goal of improving healthcare and education for refugee and migrant families.