About Reach Out and Read Indiana
Reach Out and Read Indiana is part of a national, non-profit organization that promotes
early literacy by making books a routine part of pediatric care.
OUR MISSION
Reach Out and Read Indiana makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary
care, so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.
Reach Out and Read trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of
reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to
five years of age, with special focus on children growing up in poverty. By building on
the unique relationship between parents and medical providers, Reach Out and Read helps
families and communities encourage early literacy skills so children enter school prepared
for success in reading.
Accomplishments
- Currently, there are more than 130 ROR program sites located at clinics, hospitals,
office practices and other primary care sites across the state of Indiana.
- Reach Out and Read Indiana serves more than 110,000 children annually.
- Reach Out and Read Indiana distributes over 200,000 new books each year.
- Over 1000 pediatricians, physicians, nurses and other clinicians have been trained
on the ROR model of early literacy in Indiana.
- Reach Out and Read is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Goal
Reach Out and Read Indiana plans to launch at least 40 new program sites each year.
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