For a take home book program for 218 classrooms and over 4,000 children and families. Funding will also support early literacy trainings and resources for teachers, community based organizations and families.

For the Community Reading Buddies Program, which recruits and trains youth mentors/volunteers as literacy tutors.

For a five-week school readiness program in summer 2015 for Transitional Kindergarten students.

For training and accreditation of staff members in evidence-based Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) curriculum, which will support La Academia’s social-emotional and literacy outcomes for Mam (Indigenous Guatemalan) & Spanish-speaking families with pre-school aged children.

To support a five-week summer school program with daily reading instruction for 480 students from both district and charter schools; includes weekly workshops that train parents to teach reading at home, and an incentive structure that awards learning tools to families in proportion to student reading gains.

For reading clinics and to provide take home books and resources for schools and libraries.

To increase family access to high quality early childhood programs and the integration of early childhood and K-12 systems.

For Jumpstart Oakland, a program that serves children in preschool classrooms, helping them develop the language, literacy and social skills needed for school readiness.

To support preschool students and their caregivers who will participate in an interactive learning and reading program (in partnership with Literacy Lab).

For action research on chronic absenteeism in five Oakland elementary schools that will assess, capture data, and provide direct services for first grade students.