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Reading is the cornerstone of a healthy life. In fact, there is no stronger single indicator of school success and good health than the ability to read.
 Our Mission: Reach Out and Read® prepares America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together.
Reach Out and Read® Kansas City is a not-for-profit program through the Kansas University Endowment at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Our History: Read Out and Read® Kansas City began in 1997 as a collaboration between pediatricians at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics and KU Pediatrics at KU Medical Center. Since then it has grown to a coalition of 50 clinic sites in greater Kansas City, with an emphasis on serving our community's most vulnerable children. Reach Out and Read Kansas City is affiliated with two national literacy programs: Reach Out and Read® National Center (ROR) and Reading Is Fundamental® (RIF).
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 Program Components:
Doctors and nurse practitioners are trained to give advice to parents about appropriate books and reading activities that support their child's healthy development.
Children get to take home a free, new, developmentally appropriate book at every check-up from birth to five years.
Trained volunteers read aloud to children in waiting rooms, modeling for parents how to share books and tell stories, and engage families in waiting room activities surrounding books and reading.
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