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Partnerships

The programs have partnerships with multiple organizations.
Colorado Migrant Education Program
Tomas Mejia recommends that
  1. Get to know the population
  2. Hire individuals that are culturally and linguistically qualified to serve the diverse populations
Cooking Matters
Share Our Strength's Partners:
National sponsors: ConAgra Foods Foundation and WalMart
Strategic partnerships with national organizations with an aligned message

Cooking Matters Colorado's Partners:
Colorado Health Foundation
Denver Foundation
Anschutz Family Foundation
USDA
Cool Culture
Cool Culture partners with:
  • 90 NYC Cultural Institutions
  • Corps of Early Childhood Educators from over 425 Child Care, Head Start, and Universal Pre-K programs and Title I public schools
Dental Aid and Cavity Free at Three
Dental Aid has both Health Partners and Community Partners throughout Colorado.

From Cavity Free at Three homepage
Cavity Free at Three partners with healthcare providers and provides all of the resources and support that they need to join the statewide efforts to improve the oral health outcomes for Colorado’s kids. This is a free service funded by six Colorado health foundations and in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.

Family Place Libraries
From Core Components of a Family Place Library
One of the core elements of Family Place Libraries is coalition-building with community agencies that serve families and young children to refer and connect parents to community resources and develop programs and services tailored to meet local needs. The five-week Parent/Child Workshop also features local professionals who serve as resources for parents. 

From Family Place Long Island Evaluation Final Report (August 2012)
  • "As one director said, 'One of the great aspects is that Family Place connects families with providers in the community. And by making those connections the library is building a relationship with that provider. We are helping them; they are helping us. And, together, we are helping families. We start to see the value of each other.” (page 6)
  • "Ability to Meet Needs of Clients: All interviewees reported that working with the library helped them serve their clients. Interviewees noted that, by referring families to the library for resources and classes, they were able to better fulfill their purpose in serving families. As one community partner said, “The library is a great partner. I can’t find or get to all these families. My ability to do my job is directly proportionate to how much time I spend in the library.” (page 10)
  • "Referrals: All community partners reported receiving referrals from libraries and making referrals to libraries. This was made possible because the community partner has a better sense of what the library offers and has communicated to library staff what it can do for families. As one community partner said, “We have good communications with the library staff. We have educated them about screening kids on language issues and they have sent families to us. They have let us know about what the library is doing and we have sent families to them. It works both ways.” (page 10)
Nurse-Family Partnership
From Invest in Kids' Role
Invest in Kids is responsible for the program’s ongoing growth and development, acting as advocate for funding and expansion, and consultant for continuing education and collaboration with program nurses.
  1. Community planning: ensures that all local communities who have or plan to have Nurse-Family Partnership have the knowledge, skills, and support needed to sustain the program and build strong nursing teams
  2. Training: ensures that all nurse-home visitors and their supervisors are prepared and supported in delivering Nurse-Family Partnership to diverse communities and families
  3. Data: helps Nurse-Family Partnership local teams interpret client data for quality improvement
  4. Advocacy: protects state funding for Nurse-Family Partnership through education and advocacy
Nurturing Healthy Bodies and Brains
Partnership with WIC
  • Federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP) for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • Provides nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, and referrals to health care and social services
  • Serves low-income pregnant, post-partum and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to the age of 5 who are at nutritional risk.
Raising A Reader
From Programs: Program Profiles
The Raising A Reader program is flexible and can adapted to meet the unique needs of children and families in diverse settings.

Raising A Reader Affiliates Include:
  • Public Libraries
  • Faith-based Organizations
  • Migrant Programs
  • Subsidized Housing Programs
  • Teen Parent Programs
  • Home Visiting Programs
  • Community Agencies
  • Direct Service Settings
  • As an Employee Benefit
  • After School Programs
Reach Out and Read Colorado
Reach Out and Read Colorado has partnered with 197 clinics in Colorado

Library Partnerships
  • Co-branded library brochures in clinics
  • Libraries supply literacy rich waiting rooms with excess books - families are free to take those books as well
  • Weekly story-times in clinic waiting rooms

One Book 4 Colorado Partnership
Ready to Read Corps
Source: Ready to Read Partnership Evaluation
To date, partnerships have been formed with 88 community agencies or programs.
  • Although this is a very good start, we have the opportunity to move these partnerships to a deeper level in a number of ways to strengthen impact: to increase exposure to targeted client families, receive targeted referrals and integrate Ready to Read into parent education and training.
  • Embark on a research study with Ohio State University's College of Education, to evaluate the efficacy of the various delivery methods of Ready to Read training.
  • Look for opportunities to take the training to some participants’ homes. Lack of transportation is an issue for many at-risk families, and multiple visits to a home allows for deeper engagement and reinforcement among parents and caregivers.
  • Partnership with CCS to deepen the work and reach more families.
Ready to Read Resource Center
From IMLS Project Profiles
Since it started in 2008, the RRRC has served more than 100 Alaska communities through outreach that also includes early literacy and RRRC informational workshops, advertisements, articles in online and print publications, and other advocacy.

Terrie Weckerle, Project Manager, has partnered with 22 different early childhood and education organizations – including the Anchorage Public Library, the Municipality of Anchorage, and the Alaska State Library – to promote the Ready to Read program on a statewide basis.