GreenLight Fund Greater Newark Announces $600,000 Investment to Address Literacy Gaps
Nonprofit funder GreenLight Fund Greater Newark said it made a $600,000 investment to help improve literacy by bringing Reading Partners’ successful program model to Greater Newark. Reading Partners is a national nonprofit that has been mobilizing communities across the nation for 25 years to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade.
“Data has shown us that Newark is experiencing a literacy crisis, and this was confirmed during our community conversations tour where we heard from hundreds of residents that this is a critical issue for us to address,” GreenLight Fund Greater Newark Executive Director Tish Johnson-Jones, said. “As a new school year starts and we mark National Literacy Month, GreenLight Fund Greater Newark is excited to announce that we will be bringing Reading Partners’ proven program model to Newark to help improve literacy. By recruiting and training community members to provide one-on-one literacy tutoring, we will help strengthen reading skills and set our young people up for lifelong success.”