Youth Services

Every Student Present is a public awareness campaign developed by the Council on Children and Families and is intended to help families, school leaders and communities understand the impact of multiple school absences on children's learning, especially young students. The goals of the campaign are to promote awareness of chronic absence and to build capacity among schools, families and communities to reduce it.

The Family Reading Partnership is a nonprofit community organization that promotes early literacy. Their mission is to create a culture of literacy in which all children experience the pleasure of books as part of everyday family life, right from the start! They are located in Ithaca, NY and serve as a model of best practices in early literacy nationwide.

The New York Library Association's Youth Services Section (YSS) is dedicated to the literacy, information, reading, and recreation needs of youth in libraries.

NYSED Office of Early Learning provides information and resources including assessment, data, parent resources, professional development, and interdisciplinary opportunities.

The New York State Head Start Collaboration Project is a federally-funded program designed to build partnerships between Head Start programs and a wide range of state and local programs that provide quality early childhood education and family support to low-income children and their families.

The New York State Parenting Education Partnership helps professionals — and the parents and primary caregivers of children whom they serve — obtain the skills, tools and support needed to raise healthy, nurtured children.

Find full information for the PBS station near you through the NYSED Educational Television & Public Broadcasting website.

QUALITYstarsNY is a project of the Early Childhood Advisory Council designed to improve the quality of all early care and learning programs.

Reach Out and Read is an evidence-based nonprofit organization of medical providers who promote early literacy in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud.

Read Aloud 15 Minutes is a non-profit organization that is working to make reading aloud every day for at least 15 minutes the new standard in child care. When every child is read aloud to for 15 minutes every day from birth, more children will: be ready to learn when they enter kindergarten, have the literacy skills needed to succeed in school, and be prepared for a productive and meaningful life after school.

An evidence-based nonprofit organization of medical providers who promote early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud.