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size=3>Attention: Grant, Harney, Morrow, and Umatilla Counties
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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>The Oregon
Commission on Children and Families and the Oregon State Library are excited to
announce <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">Reading for Healthy Families</SPAN></B> (RFHF) Oregon:
Building Communities of Learning, an early literacy and community engagement
effort. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">You have the
opportunity</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">to be one of the
children’s library staff selected in <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue; text-shadow: auto">Grant, Harney, Morrow, and Umatilla
Counties</SPAN><SPAN style="text-shadow: auto"> </SPAN></B>to receive training
and resources.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">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. You will receive Early Literacy Resource
kits full of wonderful materials. The first two- day training will be
scheduled<SPAN class=149062819-25112008>,</SPAN> <SPAN
class=149062819-25112008>in one of the four counties, </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">during the week of January 5-9, 2009.</SPAN><FONT
face=Helvetica> </FONT></FONT></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
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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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
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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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>To <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">download a copy of the Participant
Application</B>, 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></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=blocked::http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.applications.shtml
href="http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.applications.shtml"><FONT
color=#800080>http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.applications.shtml</FONT></A><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT size=3>RFHF
Application” and “RFHF Description”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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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>You must <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">submit an application before Monday,
December 8, 2008 to</B> be considered as there may be limited training spaces
available.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you cannot meet the
deadline, please let me know.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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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>If you have
any questions please contact: Joann Contini, RFHF Project Coordinator at
503-761-2506 or </FONT><A href="mailto:joanncontini@comcast.net"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><FONT
size=3>joanncontini@comcast.net</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT size=3>.<SPAN
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