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Doran-Myers, Miranda – Library Research Service, 2017
Since 1999, the Read to the Children (RTC) program has allowed offenders in Colorado's state prisons to send young family members a book accompanied by a recording of the offender reading it. RTC is a collaboration between the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Corrections. In the past year, around 1,900 offenders and 3,200…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Reading Programs
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Branch, Deborah – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2009
To assist parents with deaf or hard of hearing children who may need help supporting their child's learning, the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind developed Family Literacy Packs. These literacy packs, available to families within the state of Colorado, provide fun, interactive activities that help parents support their children's…
Descriptors: Special Schools, State Schools, Deafness, Partial Hearing
Nusbaum, Laurie; Willoughby, Mary – 1995
A study produced a profile of family literacy in Colorado to provide information on current services and baseline data for evaluating future development. Surveys were sent to 84 adult basic education (ABE) programs, 5 EvenStart programs (a national family-focused program), and 2 programs that were both ABE and EvenStart. Surveys were completed by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy, Financial Support
Butkus, Deborah L.; Willoughby, Mary, Ed. – 1995
Noting that family literacy is an intergenerational approach to education that addresses the needs of both the adult and child learner, this booklet presents aspects of family literacy programs and steps to help ensure the program's success. After discussing the need for family literacy, the book discusses the effectiveness of family literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Family Literacy
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Love, Cathleen T.; Thayer, Marilyn – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2004
Through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the staff and faculty of Colorado State University and the Poudre School District collaborated to implement an "Even Start" family literacy project to reduce the level of poverty and illiteracy for families in the Poudre Valley Mobile Home Park. To truly establish a partnership based…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Partnerships in Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Social Values
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1990
This summary of some of the salient features of the Second Colorado Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services begins with "A Letter to the Future," by project director Kimberly Taylor, who provides practical advice for future conference planners. The report then presents a summary of the conference process, which included…
Descriptors: Committees, Conferences, Family Literacy, Financial Support
Anderson, Beckie – 2001
Even Start programs integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or basic education, parenting education and support, and parent and child time together to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. This progress report describes the Even Start program in Colorado, and includes evaluation questions and methods. The report presents…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood, Family Literacy
Anderson, Beckie – 1998
Even Start programs integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or basic education, parenting education and support, and parent and child time together to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. This report describes the Even Start program in Colorado, including evaluation questions and methods. The report also presents evaluation…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood
Anderson, Beckie – 1999
Even Start programs integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or basic education, parenting education and support, and parent and child time to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. This report describes the Even Start program in Colorado, and includes evaluation questions and methods. The report presents evaluation findings…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood
Anderson, Beckie – 2002
Even Start programs integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or basic education, parenting education and support, and parent and child time together to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. This progress report describes the Even Start program in Colorado and presents evaluation findings from the 2001-2002 implementation year,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood, Family Literacy
Anderson, Beckie – 2000
Even Start programs integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or basic education, parenting education and support, and parent and child time to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy. This report describes the Even Start program in Colorado, and includes evaluation questions and methods. The report presents evaluation findings…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention, Early Parenthood
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. State Library and Adult Education Office. – 1996
This booklet profiles seven participants in Colorado adult literacy and basic skills education programs and describes the effects that participating in literacy and adult basic education have had on participants, their families, and their communities. The first profile illustrates the positive effects that parents' participation in literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation
Anderson, Beckie – Colorado Department of Education, 2006
The purpose of Even Start, as outlined in federal legislation, is to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and low literacy by providing a unified family literacy program for low-income families. Even Start has three related goals: (1) to help parents improve their literacy or basic education skills; (2) to help parents become full…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Federal Legislation
Anderson, Beckie – Colorado Department of Education, 2006
The purpose of Even Start, as outlined in federal legislation, is to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and low literacy by providing a unified family literacy program for low-income families. Even Start has three related goals: (1) to help parents improve their literacy or basic education skills; (2) to help parents become full…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Federal Legislation
Anderson, Jean E. – 1994
This report, which is intended for individuals developing family literacy (FL) programs, contains background information on the research, development, operation, evaluation, and outcomes of federal- and state-level FL initiatives. Discussed in section 1 are the following topics: the importance/benefits of FL programs; definitions of literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education