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Stakeholders press for expanded early‑literacy funding and family supports including Imagination Library, Ready to Read and mental‑health consultation
Summary
Witnesses supported DELC's birth‑through‑5 literacy proposal and urged additional investments in the Imagination Library, Ready to Read grants for libraries, Reach Out and Read and infant/toddler mental‑health consultation.
Multiple early‑literacy advocates and family‑support program leaders testified in support of DELC's literacy and family engagement proposals during the SB 5514 hearing and urged additional investment in complementary programs.
Alyssa Chatterjee, Director of the Department of Early Learning and Care, described a $12,500,000 general fund proposal to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, a birth‑through‑5 literacy framework with the Oregon Department of Education and birth‑through‑5 literacy grants. "We were privileged to house birth to 5 literacy plan fund dollars this year and invest them in partnership with various agencies," testified Abby…
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