To make information and resources available to the public and provide opportunities for families to engage with literacy.

To help maintain the StoryCycles Take Home Book program for 151 classrooms and 2,880 children, and family-focused Early Learning Everywhere programs with community-based organizations.

To engage over 50 local organizations for learning, networking and partnering, and leverage these connections to ensure that Oakland’s youngest learners have access to quality early education and opportunities for future success.

To accelerate the skills of Black and Latinx leaders starting in Sobrante Park schools to deliver instructional support to students. Literacy, Leadership, and Liberation Academy (3Ls Academy) led by Dr. Sabrina Moore will build literacy community centers, aiming for school and community transformation.

To provide coordination and logistic support for the Oakland Early Learning Symposium, a city-wide collaborative effort. The Symposium offers formal and informal early childhood educators and providers the opportunity for professional development that is unified, evidence-based and responsive. The Symposium offers formal and informal early childhood educators and providers the opportunity for professional development that […]

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

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

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.

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

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.