Grant Description

Libros for Kids is an affiliate of The Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library that delivers free, age appropriate, books to children’s homes that are age 0-5, targeting underserved communities.

Tracking Metric

Description
Funds from this grant will only be used to purchase books for children age 0-5 for direct delivery to the child’s home in Bernalillo County. Just think what a thrill it is for pre-school children to receive their very own book once a month. Fostering a family dynamic of reading, parents interacting with their children and storytelling, strengthens the parent child bond and directly enhances early literacy that will foster the child's success throughout their lifelong learning process. Libros differs from other Imagination Library partners because we actively seek collaborations and build relationships to improve literacy of all ages. We now have more than 40 community collaborators that help identify families with young children for enrollment. Due to the restrictions as a result of the pandemic we have opened our web site to allow families to enroll their children through the internet. We have opened enrollment for all of Bernalillo County, but spend our efforts working and developing community partners in the most underserved area of the county, the south valley and the International district. Our community partnerships include pediatric clinics, local post offices, speech therapy programs, Presbyterian and UNM hospitals, YDI programs, PB&J, city libraries, New Futures High School and churches. Libros has found our most aggressive partnerships to be at food banks where the parents have a hunger to improve literacy for their children.

Goal
600