Reach Out and Read
Iowa Profile
Reach Out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care, so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.

Reach Out and Read trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age, with a special focus on children growing up in poverty. By building on the unique relationship between parents and medical providers, Reach Out and Read helps families and communities encourage early literacy skills so children enter school prepared for success in reading.

ROR's National Impact

º	ROR programs are located in more than 3,518 hospitals and health centers in 50 states, District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico;
º	More than 3 million children participate in ROR annually;
º	More than 4.9 million new, developmentally appropriate books are given to families annually;
º	47,000 physicians and nurses have been trained in ROR strategies of early literacy guidance;
º	Reach Out and Read is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

ROR's State Impact

º	51 ROR clinical locations
º	40,751 children participate annually
º	63,624 new books distributed annually

Programs in this State:

º	McFarland Clinic/Raising Readers, Ames
º	Alegent Health Bedford Clinic, Bedford
º	UI Family Care Center--Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine
º	Cedar Rapids Pediatrics, Cedar Rapids
º	Peoples Clinic Butler County, Clarksville
º	Alegent Health Rosary Medical Clinic, Corning
º	Wayne Family Center, Corydon
º	Community Health Care, Inc, Davenport
º	Genesis Family Medical Center, Davenport
º	Genesis Health Group, Davenport
º	Gunderson Lutheran Medical Clinic-Decorah, Decorah
º	Northeast Iowa Maternal/ Child Health / Gundersen Clinic/Lori Johnson, Decorah
º	Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines
º	Blank Children's Hospital, School-Based Clinics, Des Moines
º	Blank Developmental Screening Clinic, Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines
º	East Side Clinic, Des Moines
º	Engebretsen Clinic, Des Moines
º	Grand View Clinic, Des Moines
º	House of Mercy Free Medical Clinic, Des Moines
º	La Clinica de la Esperanza, Des Moines
º	Mercy/Mayo Family Practice Residency Program, Des Moines
º	Outreach Clinic, Des Moines
º	Regional Child Protection Center, Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines
º	Trimark Pediatrics / Dr. Richard Votta, Fort Dodge
º	Franklin Medical Center, Hampton
º	Hull Medical Clinic, Hull
º	UI Family Care--Southeast Iowa City, Iowa City
º	University of Iowa Health Care / General Pediatrics, Iowa City
º	University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Family Practice, Iowa City
º	Van Buren County Hospital, Keosauqua
º	Knoxville Hospital and Clinics, Knoxville
º	Alegent Health Lenox clinic, Lenox
º	UI Family Care - Lone Tree, Lone Tree
º	Lowden Family Medical Clinic, Lowden
º	Marshall County Read Out and Read, Marshalltown
º	Marshalltown Clinic, Marshalltown
º	University of Iowa Family Care Center--North Liberty / Shari Schmidt, North Liberty
º	Ottumwa Pediatrics, Ottumwa
º	River Hills Community Health Center, Ottumwa
º	UI Family Care--Perry, Perry
º	UI Family Care--Sigourney, Sigourney
º	Sioux Center Community Hospital and Medical Clinic, Sioux Center
º	Siouxland Community Health Center, Sioux City
º	United Community Health Center, Storm Lake
º	Deer Creek Family Care, Toledo
º	Primary Health Care, Inc., Urbandale
º	University of Iowa Family Care--Wapello, Wapello
º	Peoples Community Health Clinic, Waterloo
º	Dennis P. Porto, MD, west des moines
º	Iowa Health Physicians Clinic, West Des Moines
º	Mercy Pediatric Clinic, West Des Moines