Care providers encourage the parents to read out loud to their children while providing them with the tools to get started. Doctors and nurses donate their time to the program therefore the major cost of the program involves the cost of books given to children. The purpose of this program is to help children be ready to start school and with that reduce their chances of falling behind before they enter kindergarten. “By the time children from low-income families enter kindergarten, they are typically 12-14 months below national norms in language and pre-reading skills”. The Reach out and Read models considers this gap existing among children more than an individual development issue, they considered a problem for our country because if individuals cannot fully develop their potential then we, as a country are limited to compete in the global economy. The program have had success which is measured by language scores of children from families participating in the program and reports from parents whom confirm that they are reading books to their children.
Next we have Too Small to Fail that focuses on raising awareness about the word gap, they launched campaigns that focus on showing parents and caregives how the word gap affects childrens’ development in areas such as health and education. Research has shown that children from low income households are behind than their fellow students. The Too Small to Fail foundation has several partnerships that work tours awareness and reduction of the word gap, the partnerships include media, leadership councils, social media, ascociations with the American Academy of Pediatrics and