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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">IMLS Press Contact</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
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Giuliana Bullard, <a href="mailto:gbullard@imls.gov"><span style="color:#0D6573">gbullard@imls.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Reach Out and Read Contact</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
617-283-0830<br>
Katie Ahearn, <a href="mailto:katie.ahearn@reachoutandread.org"><span style="color:#0D6573">katie.ahearn@reachoutandread.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Grant Will Connect Early Learning Services of Museums and Libraries with Medical Community</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Reach Out and Read’s New Project is a</span></em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"> Prescription for Success<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">Washington, DC—</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Reach Out and Read will
develop and launch <em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prescription for Success</span></b></em>, a year-long project beginning in 2015 aimed at helping more families benefit from museum and library services that foster literacy development
in young children. As a national nonprofit organization comprised of doctors and nurses who encourage family reading habits, Reach Out and Read has deep and broad relationships within the medical community.
<em><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prescription for Success</span></b></em> will leverage these connections to explore new ways doctors and their staff can collaborate with museums and libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">During the first six months of the project, Reach Out and Read will survey and document current state and local partnerships between Reach Out and Read and libraries and museums, and create an
online toolkit of best literacy practices. This toolkit will serve as a valuable resource for medical clinics, libraries, and museums. During the second half of the project, Reach Out and Read will facilitate and further develop statewide library and museum
collaborations in Colorado, Connecticut, and South Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">“We are grateful for this new support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and look forward to collaborating on our
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prescription for Success</span></em> project,” said Reach Out and Read Executive Director Brian Gallagher. “We are confident that the partnership between Reach Out and Read doctors and staff, and museum and
library leadership, will lead to a cohesive delivery of early education services for families. By reading together more often, and leveraging community resources, parents will help children build the early language skills needed for academic success.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">“All too often, children who enter kindergarten behind their peers never catch up, and they are at a much greater risk of failing in school. In order to bring about change, all sectors of communities
need to focus on this problem,” said Maura Marx, IMLS Deputy Director for Library Services. “<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Prescription for Success</span></em> brings together two sectors that can have a profound impact on the lives of
young children, and we are excited to be supporting this important work.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">About Reach Out and Read</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
Reach Out and Read is the evidence-based, national nonprofit organization that promotes early brain development, literacy, and school readiness by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud at regular pediatric
checkups. Nationwide, Reach Out and Read's 20,000 doctors and nurses serve 4 million children annually at 5,000 hospitals, health centers, and clinics in all 50 states, with a focus on serving families in low-income communities. For more information, please
visit <a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=1&d=73&mid=333802&m=2464"><span style="color:#0D6573">www.reachoutandread.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47">About the Institute of Museum and Library Services
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D4C47"><br>
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation's
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=2&d=73&mid=333802&m=2464"><span style="color:#0D6573">123,000 libraries</span></a> and
<a href="http://www.idevmail.net/link.aspx?l=3&d=73&mid=333802&m=2464"><span style="color:#0D6573">35,000 museums</span></a>. Our mission is to inspire libraries and museums to advance innovation, lifelong learning, and cultural and civic engagement. Our grant
making, policy development, and research help libraries and museums deliver valuable services that make it possible for communities and individuals to thrive. To learn more, visit
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