2016 Annual Report

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Our team could not have asked for 

a better program to support parents, 

wrapped in one package together. I had 

researched other programs but had 

never found a single solution for all the 

language, literacy, social, emotional, 

math, and reasoning for parents. It’s a 

dream come true. Our families report 

their children are more confident and 

eager to learn because of the interac-

tions they had at home.”

Sharon Rogers 

Capital Area Community Services 

Head Start (Michigan)

In just one year, the READY! for Kinder-

garten program helped increase math 

skills of a group of nearly 30 of our 

incoming kindergartners from 43.8 

percent to 77.8 percent – a 34 percent 

increase.”

Elizabeth Shepard

Co-Vice President

The Children’s Reading Foundation

 of Okanogan (Washington)

The children in our area struggle 

with childhood literacy rates and low 

achievement. Those issues are magni-

fied by high poverty and limited educa-

tional attainment of parents. Spreading 

the message of reading together 20 

minutes a day and the impact that has 

on children and families met our need of 

an effective and simple way to engage 

families.”

Brenda Ward

Co-Executive Director

The Children’s Reading Foundation  

of Appalachia (Virginia)

In 2013, prior to using the READY! for 

Kindergarten program, kindergarten 

readiness scores in Muhlenberg County 

were 32.6 percent as measured by the 

Brigance screener. By 2015, children 

of parents who attended the READY! 

program scored 52.5 percent.”

Vicki Yonts

Program Manager

Felix E. Martin Jr. Foundation

SOAR Program, Muhlenberg County 

(Kentucky)

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