Causes: Education

Mission: The overall goal of New Haven Reads is to provide an environment where children and adults have access to free books and tutoring to increase their literacy skills and academic performance.

Results: We tutor more than 400 children a week (and have over 100 children on the wait list) with a corps of over 300 dedicated volunteers. Eighty-one percent of our families live in New Haven.

Geographic areas served: New Haven

Programs: Three adult ESL classes; a pre-school literacy program; a kindergarten reading program; four weekly homework tables; two writing clubs; and our large after-school tutoring program