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In partnership with Super Stars Literacy to provide remote guided reading instruction using AmeriCorps Reading Tutors for children at district partner schools.

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To fund a book access program that allows students to choose books they are most excited to read, with level guidance from their teachers, and keep them for their home libraries.

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To provide rapid cash assistance to Head Start families to support basic needs (food, rent, diapers).

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To support East Bay Agency for Children’s (EBAC) early childhood education program via their Family Resource Center. This program will include the Parent-Child Education Support Program and EBAC’s early childhood education program, Little Steps to College.

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For five Education for Change elementary schools to support improving core instruction and literacy supports for transitional kindergartners to second grade students and their teachers. Supports will include literacy coaches, tutor resources and facilitated professional learning communities for site leaders and teachers.

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To support Oakland Public Library’s Literacy Programming Fund. Oakland Public Library will purchase 14,000 books for distribution through multiple programs, including but not limited to: Día (Diversity in Action), Books for Wider Horizons preschool graduation giveaways, Summer Reading, Winter Bingo, and Share the Love outreach (distribution via the Oakland Housing Authority, hospital waiting rooms and laundromats).

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For implementation of High Expectations Parental Service’s dual capacity-building framework for family-school partnerships. High Expectations will establish and build the capacity of Family Engagement Action Teams and deliver their Family Engagement Institute for prekindergarten through third grade teachers at seven Oakland SEEDS of Learning school sites.

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In partnership with the Bay Area Parent Learning Action Network to provide virtual trainings for parent/caregiver learning communities on how to support and motivate reading at home, and effectively use school-provided learn-at-home resources.

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For Chromebooks that will help families access home learning and video telehealth services.

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For the launch of Kidappolis, a personalized mobile platform that scaffolds parent learning to support print and digital literacy skill-building and reading fluency for Oakland’s early learners through LitLab tools and services. The platform also connects families to safety-net service partners including homeless shelters, food banks and health clinics.

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For developmental playgroups, workshops for families, and early screenings for children birth to five. Funding will also support leading family resource center professional learning communities in the region and offering services to other birth to five providers.

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In collaboration with SEEDS of Learning, to support over 800 transitional kindergarten through third grade students to develop critical social-emotional tools for self-management, focus, and metacognitive skills. The program includes weekly mindfulness lessons for teachers and students to implement inside and outside the classroom.

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To support continuous learning and capacity building services for literacy providers, schools and community based nonprofit organizations.

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For a continued partnership focusing on transitional kindergarten to second grade literacy with 39 district schools. The goal is to reduce the number of second and third graders who are reading below grade level by providing targeted and data driven support in earlier years. Support includes leader and teacher professional development, SEEDS of Learning for new teachers only, and Systematic Instruction in Phoneme Awareness and Sight Words (SIPPS) intervention materials, for first through second grade.

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To aid staff at ten Oakland public housing agencies in addressing pressing needs for residents with children. This effort includes assessing the devices and technology needs for distance learning, curating accessible learn-at-home resources for families, and providing technical assistance to housing agency staff. And, in partnership with Reading with Relevance, they will offer literacy support that centers social emotional development and culturally affirming books.

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For the Reading with Relevance Pilot, a standards-aligned program to provide relevant, culturally diverse books to support children’s reading comprehension, vocabulary, and social-emotional learning.

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To support delivery of their birth to five early literacy program at 18 clinics in Oakland. Pediatricians are trained to speak with families during well-child visits about the importance of reading aloud and interacting with children. Families also receive a free book at each visit.

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To support enrollment and service to 700 unduplicated students at reading centers across Oakland with twice weekly, 45-minute literacy tutoring sessions.

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For the purchase and distribution of approximately 400 tablets and laptops for prekindergarten through third grade SEEDS students to access digital learning from home.