We aim to create a world where every family uses shared reading to build the bonds needed for their children’s health and future.

In deep partnership with a network of clinicians, Reach Out and Read-Alabama leverages the near-universal reach of the pediatric well-child visit, using children’s books and shared reading to support parents and caregivers in strengthening healthy relationships with their infants and young children, from birth through five years old.

Reach Out and Read-Alabama works directly with pediatric care providers to share the lifelong benefits that result from parents reading aloud with their children every day. Nurturing, language-rich interactions like shared reading give young children, a foundation for success -- building early language and literacy skills; teaching curiosity, patience, and empathy; and creating deep bonds between parents and their children. By integrating our evidence-based model into pediatric care and providing the tools and encouragement families need to read aloud together, we can transform pediatric care practices, foster healthy families, and give children of all backgrounds and means a better start to life.

Vision
A world where every child has the relationships essential to learn and thrive.

Mission
Strengthen all families with young children through guidance from medical clinicians about nurturing relationships through shared reading.

Reach Out and Read-Alabama is now available in 80 medical sites across Alabama; and during well-child visits, we shared an incredible 154,579 books and facilitated 224,506 precious face-to-face conversations between caregivers and young children.

We are grateful for your partnership and commitment to ensuring that the Reach Out and Read intervention becomes a standard of care for all children across Alabama - thank you!

Reach Out and Read-Alabama

Shared Reading = Shared Power