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Two Rochester-based child literacy initiatives awarded state funds
Two Rochester-based child literacy initiatives awarded state funds
Let’s Get L.I.T. and the Rochester Imagination Library are receiving a total of $35,000 in state funding to enhance their child literacy initiatives in the city.
Let’s Get L.I.T. will receive $25,000 for its program that aids in the creation of home libraries. The program also focuses on empowering parents by providing them with resources to help their children at home and teaching cursive writing.
The Rochester Imagination Library will receive $10,000 in funding. The grant will be used for a citywide marketing plan to educate the community about Imagination Library’s free literacy programs and how families can enroll a child.
Funding was secured by State Senator Jeremy Cooney through the New York state budget process.
“I was raised by an English professor, with a special focus in children’s literature, and I have not forgotten the importance of developing young readers for a future of academic success and lives enriched by reading,” Cooney said. “Both the Imagination Library and Let’s Get L.I.T. are the ‘boots-on-the-ground’ doing the critical work in our city.”
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