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Alachua County leaders hear plan to scale literacy supports; PEAK describes volunteer‑led tutoring gains
Summary
The county’s joint literacy update detailed a four‑team Alachua County Reads collaborative and a push to expand community hubs, while PEAK Literacy said brief, high‑dosage volunteer tutoring produced measurable early gains and sought more data‑sharing and funding to scale.
Leaders from the Center for Nonprofit Excellence and PEAK Literacy presented a coordinated plan to expand literacy supports across Alachua County, urging more interagency data sharing and sustained funding to move pilot gains into the school day.
The Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) described Alachua County Reads as a four‑team collaborative that will combine curriculum design and training, implementation and provider partnerships, a community advisory council and a communications hub. CNE staff said the model will connect work already under way — including programs run by PEAK — to a virtual site, alachuacountyreads.org, and a set of physical hub locations so families and providers can easily find services.
"This initiative addresses the critical need for systemic literacy improvement," said the CNE presenter, who identified the…
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