Literacy Cooperative Of Greater Cleveland

Dolly parton's imagination library (dpil) is a unique book gifting program that mails a brand new, age-appropriate book to enrolled children every month from birth until five years of age, instilling a love of books andrograms throughout cuyahoga county. The committee created a community family reading from an early age. Since 1995, dpil has gifted over 260,000,000 books to children registered from across the globe. The program is replicated in over 2,000 communities across the united states, uk, canada, and australia by a specified geographic area such as a county, city, or zip code. All children under the age of five residing in the specified area that is funded, are eligible to enroll. There are no income restrictions. The program is now available statewide in ohio. Since 2017, tlc has been the local affiliate managing the program in cuyahoga county where more than 82,000 children have been served. Currently, approximately 39,000 children are enrolled in the program. Families enrolled in dpil receive regular emails from tlc that share useful parenting tips and valuable resources in the community such as important dates for preschool and kindergarten registration. Tlc has also created and shared virtual early literacy videos and workshops for families. Evidence suggests families are responsive to the information provided in the newsletters, direct email communications, virtual events, videos and social media channels. The cleveland foundation's recent work in the adult literacy field showed that adults are often unaware of community resources. We use our connections to families to inform them of important and valuable resources. The dolly parton imagination library program positively impacts the following: -family reading frequency -local library usage -children requesting to be read to -kindergarten readiness -school attendance and suspensions -grade level reading in third grade

The literacy cooperative of cleveland was formed for public, charitable, scientific, and educational purposes relating to the improvement of the literacy rate in the greater cleveland area.

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