Apicha Community Health Center
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A newly established community health center in Jackson Heights, Queens, Apicha created a reading corner in their waiting room and hosted a Back-to-School event that included literacy-focused activities and a library card sign-up table.
Children’s Aid – Dunlevy Millbank Community Center
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A community health center in a linguistically diverse neighborhood assembled literacy kits for their patients that consisted of age-appropriate books, literacy-centered activity books, information on community resources, a Duplo Lego set, and crayons. In partnership with the New York Public Library, they directed their patients to monthly literacy events and facilitated membership sign-ups.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health - Morrisania
Serving a predominantly Latinx community, this Federally Qualified Health Center revamped their space with literacy-focused posters for their exam rooms, distributed cloth baby books, and hosted events with community partners (including their local library branch and Power of 2 NYC) and other local organizations that offer parenting support and promote early literacy.
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NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi
This outpatient pediatric clinic, whose patients’ families often struggle to meet their most basic needs, developed a new program focused on school readiness. Using vaccine visits to target 4-year-olds entering pre-school, they put together backpacks containing foam letters, alphabet puzzles, letter books, and small whiteboards.
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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital
With few supplemental educational programs for young children in Far Rockaway, this outpatient pediatric clinic created literacy packets that contained flashcards, two picture books, a set of bilingual books, information on how to obtain a library card, and other literacy support resources.