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| About RFHF |
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In 2006 teachers reported that 20% of children in Oregon were not ready to learn when they started kindergarten. Reading for Healthy Families strives to help every Oregon child get ready to learn when they start Kindergarten by teaching parents how to help their children develop the skills they need to know before they start kindergarten.
Parents spend more time with their child than anyone else, thus they have the greatest impact on their child’s development and learning. Reading for Healthy Families will train Healthy Start family support workers and children’s library staff to provide free early literacy workshops for parents. Family support workers and children’s library staff will teach parents:
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What children need to learn before kindergarten.
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How children learn those skills.
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How to read to babies and active young children.
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How to provide other experiences that develop early literacy skills.
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How to access the resources they need.
Reading for Healthy Families is a statewide project managed by Oregon Commission on Children and Families and Oregon State Library, funded with grant support from the Oregon Community Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Intensive training for Healthy Start family support workers and children’s library staff will take place between October 2008 and May 2011. After May 2011, continued support for Healthy Start family support workers and children’s library staff will be provided via resources on this website, an electronic discussion list, and consulting services.
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| RFHF Evaluation |
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NPC Research works closely with RFHF project managers and the project coordinator to develop and implement an effective evaluation of the project. All participants complete a pre and post survey to evaluate what they learn and how they change their practices. Due to the nature of Healthy Start, family support workers are able to report the parent education sessions they provide, and track the early literacy development of the child and changes in literacy activities in the child’s home over time. Librarians don’t report or track families that attend their programs, and they may see a family only once so they report only the parent education sessions they provide. NPC conducts a focus group each year to learn what participants think about RFHF after they've complete the trainings and have experience providing parent education sessions, how their training has changed their daily practices, their plans for continuing to use their training to provide early literacy education, and recommendations to improve the project.
Reading for Healthy Families Year 1: Summary of Findings
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| RFHF Home Page |
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