Reach Out and Read Colorado is a nonprofit organization that gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together. Reach Out and Read Colorado partners with healthcare providers to provide a free book and talk with parents of young children about the importance of reading aloud at regular well-child visits, with a special focus on children growing up in poverty. By building on the unique relationship between parents and healthcare providers, Reach Out and Read Colorado helps families and communities encourage early literacy skills and healthy parent/child bonds so children enter school prepared for success. Reach Out and Read Colorado currently partners with over 330 medical offices throughout the state to provide books and literacy guidance to children and their families at 290,000 well-child visits each year.
