In 2018, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) and the National Book Foundation (NBF) initiated a collaborative effort to bring Raising Readers to DYCD-funded program sites. Raising Readers is designed to ignite and strengthen adult participants' love of reading and, by modeling the habit of reading for pleasure, inspire young people to expand their enjoyment of books. DYCD contracted with Policy Studies Associates (PSA) to conduct an evaluation of the early implementation of Raising Readers across the 10 participating sites. The evaluation sought to answer the following research questions: (1) What strategies do DYCD program directors use to identify program staff to participate in NBF training and lead Reading Circle activities at their sites? To what extent were sites successful in recruiting and retaining program staff?; (2) How do program staff describe their experiences in Raising Readers? In what ways, if any, do program staff describe changes in their own attitudes toward reading after participation? In what ways, if any, do program staff describe any early changes in how they approach literacy activities in other program activities?; (3) What strategies do sites use to identify adult participants to participate in Reading Circle activities? What are the reading behaviors and experiences of participating adults? What factors facilitate or impede participant recruitment?; and (4) What proportion of adult participants attend both Reading Circle activities? How do adults perceive program activities? To what extent do adults demonstrate early indications of changes in attitudes toward reading after participating in Reading Circle activities? Findings from this evaluation suggest that the DYCD-NBF partnership supported Raising Readers program had a positive launch at participating program sites. Although some sites experienced challenges related to retaining adult participants between the two reading circles, both participating program staff and parents were engaged in conversations about books, which appeared to have influenced their enjoyment of reading for pleasure.