Pulaski County Imagination Library

Status Update

August 2019

www.pcaril.org

PCIL Board of Directors

Clarke Tucker Sarah Argue Jonathan Crossley Jody Veit-Edrington Tamika Edwards

Jared Henderson Miguel Lopez Ali Noland Arlene Rose

Pulaski County Imagination Library

Developmentally Appropriate Reading Material

Brain Development

Poverty is Poison

Researchers estimate that before ever entering kindergarten, cognitive scores for children of low-income families are likely to average 60 percent lower than those in the highest socioeconomic groups, something that remains true through high school.

Lee & Burkam (2002)

Access Matters

Children in middle- and high-income homes have on average 13 books per child.

Children living in poverty have on average 1 book per 300 children.

Nueman and Dickinson (2006)

Meaningful Impact• The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early

educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school. (National Commission on Reading, 1985)

• The only behavior measure that correlates significantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home. (McQuillan, 1998)

• An analysis of nearly 100,000 U.S. school children found that access to printed materials is the "critical variable affecting reading acquisition." (McQuillan, 1998)

• The most successful way to improve the reading achievement of low-income children is to increase their access to print. (Newman, et al., 2000)

• Creating a steady stream of new, age-appropriate books has been shown to nearly triple interest in reading within months. (Harris, 2003)

Produces Results

• By the age of 2, children who are read to regularly display greater language comprehension, larger vocabularies, and higher cognitive skills than their peers. (Raikes et al., 2006)

• Children who live in print-rich environments and who are read to during the first years of life are much more likely to learn to read on schedule. (Southern Early Childhood Association, 2009)

• Children who are read to at least three times a week by a family member are almost twice as likely to score in the top 25% in reading compared to children who are read to less than 3 times a week. (Denton & West, 2002)

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PCIL Children: 5,695 currently enrolled; 1,250 graduated;

6,945 served since launching April 2018

F, 2676, 49%M, 2791, 51%

Gender

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Books Mailed: 43,787

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PCIL Actual DPIL Estimate

Registration Site Locations

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Registration in Pulaski County by Zip CodeCount of Children Registered Percent of Children Under 5 Registered

Count ofChildrenRegistered

1 - 11

12 - 150

151 - 243

244 - 334

335 - 530

Percentage ofChildrenRegistered

0.2% - 6.1%

6.2% - 16.1%

16.2% - 18.7%

18.8% - 24.5%

24.6% - 78.8%

Registration by School DistrictCount of Children Registered

LRSD Potential Students v. MOU

2,447

3,422

5,132

6,843

8,554

3,358

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LRSD projected LRSD MOU

Registration to Median Income

Median Income

$19,034.00

$19,034.01 -$47,540.00

$47,540.01 -$65,178.00

$65,178.01 -$88,004.00

$88,004.01 -$112,145.00

$112,145.01 -$192,321.00

First 12 Months of Operations

DPIL Estimate, $50,519.70

PCIL Actual, $75,222.41

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Five Year Budget Projections

$161,670.60

$269,451.00

$377,231.40

$485,011.80

$538,902.00

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