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Commission on Children and Families and the Oregon State Library are excited to
announce Reading for Healthy Families (RFHF) Oregon: Building Communities of
Learning, an early literacy and community engagement effort.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">You have the opportunity
</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">to be
one of the children’s library staff selected in Washington County to receive
training and resources.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>Children’s
library staff will attend two separate two-day RFHF training sessions and
receive training in the evidence-based <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Every Child Ready to Read @ your library®,
</I>outreach to high-risk families<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">,
</I>and special topics such as working with English language learners,
conducting early literacy story times, and working with people with special
needs.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>After the
training, each participating children’s library staff will have the knowledge,
skills, and materials to provide early literacy education, support, and
resources to at least 15 families over the course of a year.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your library will be able to report this
on their Public Library Statistics as “early literacy training”, one of the
three library youth services best practices identified by the Statewide Early
Literacy Initiative. <SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>RFHF will
foster partnerships between your library and Healthy Start programs in your
county which will help children’s library staff develop or expand library
outreach services to high-risk families in your community.<SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>To download
a copy of the Participant Application Packet, and to learn more about the many
benefits RFHF can bring to you and to the families in your community, GO TO the
RFHF website: </FONT><A
title=blocked::http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml"><FONT
size=3>http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml</FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>You must
submit an application before September 5 to be considered as there may be
limited training spaces available.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>If you have
any questions please contact: Joann Contini, RFHF Project Coordinator at
503-761-2506 or </FONT><A href="mailto:joanncontini@comcast.net"><FONT
size=3>joanncontini@comcast.net</FONT></A><FONT size=3>.<SPAN
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