Finding Community Contacts for Outreach and Grant-Writing

Even Start Family Literacy Partnership

Kent State University School of Library and Information Science

Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: County Department Directory, County ODJFS Department Directory

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: Day Care Facility Search, County Directory of licensed daycares in Ohio

Ohio Department of Job and Family Services: Child Care in Ohio – General Resources on Child Care in Ohio

Ohio Head Start Programs

State Library of Ohio, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), Grant Information

Partnership Information from PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read® @ Your Library®

Community Partnerships for Early Literacy - with links to nationial early childhood service agencies and a list of local prospective partners found in most communities.

Every Child Ready to Read Brochures - PDF brochures may be adapted to include information about your library.

Building, Growing and Sustaining Partnerships - PowerPoint presentation by Garrison Kurtz, Foundation for Early Learning, with a focus on how to form community collaborations.

Every Child Ready to Read: Making a Difference in Early Literacy - Your Public Library and You - PowerPoint presentation providing information to community agencies about available early literacy library services.

OHIO READY TO READ is administered by the State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Library Council and is made possible, in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act Funds, awarded to the State Library of Ohio by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Dayton Metro Library and Columbus Metropolitan Library have provided additional resources to this project.