2018-017-E Finance - Orange County Literacy Council performance agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: DDOCF1362 -8EDD- 41357- ACF6- 9C98BO78AA95 XHIBIT A PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION reading). Data show that success in school is a key indicator for success and happiness in life as an adult, a dream we have for all the children in our community. FRP addresses ways to have children succeed academically. Success in school for the children involved in this program will lead to an increased chance for further education and stable employment, with a decrease in homelessness. In recent years, research and reporting on early childhood literacy has burgeoned. All data indicate that family reading is critical to a child's academic achievement and that the earlier that begins, the greater the results. • In January, 2017, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Department of Education (ED) launched the Book -Rich Environment Initiative, a collaborative effort to establish strong, local coalitions that support public housing agencies (PHAs) nationwide with providing diverse, high - quality books and literacy support to children and families in public and HUD - assisted housing. • The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a policy statement recommending that all pediatric primary care should include literacy promotion, starting at birth. That means pediatricians should now be routinely advising parents about how important it is to read, even to very young children, as part of a child's health care plan (AAP, 2014). • A child from a low- income family hears an average of 8 million fewer words per year than a child from a wealthier family - -or more than 30 million fewer words by the time the child turns four. This "30 Million Word Gap" is shown to be a key factor in the achievement between high- and low- income students. Further studies show that by the time a child with this word gap enters kindergarten, the language gap may be irreversible (Newman &Kratochwill, 2012). • Studies show that the brains of children whose parents read to them have a significantly greater activation in a region that involves multisensory stimulation. Reading pictures books with young children means they hear more words, while at the same time their brains practice creating the images associated with those words (Klass, 2015). • Home library size has a substantial effect on educational attainment. Studies show that access to books especially benefits children from disadvantaged families (Jacobs, 2014). t) Who is your target population of individuals to benefit from this program and how will they be identified and connected with the program? FRP focuses on literacy with low- income families. While children of all ages are welcome, we target families with children ages pre -birth through second grade, with the idea that, the earlier family reading begins, the more likely the children will be successful readers, reading on grade level by third grade. We will work with the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro to identify beneficiaries in public housing PROGRAM INFORMATION 1/31/2017 10:54:56 AM Page 19 of 26