Reach Out and Read Kansas City



FACT SHEET

History

➢ Formed in 1997 as KC READS, Reach Out and Read Kansas City comprises

50 Reach Out and Read (ROR) clinic sites in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area.

Mission

➢ Reach Out and Read Kansas city makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric care so that children grow up with books and enter school ready to read.

Program

Pediatric providers encourage parents to read to children and offer developmental advice around books at each well-child visit from birth through 5 years.

A new book is given to children between birth and 5 years to take home at each well-child visit.

Volunteers read to children in larger clinic waiting rooms.

Statistics

➢ 83,000 new books distributed each year

➢ 78,000 opportunities for literacy advice with parents each year

➢ 750 volunteer readers trained

➢ 1,100 pediatric providers trained in literacy guidance

➢ Thousands of used books distributed to siblings each year

Organization

➢ Reach Out and Read Kansas City is a not for profit program and is tax exempt under the 501(c)(3) designation of the KU Endowment Association.

➢ Funding is through private donations, grants, the ROR National Center and Reading is Fundamental.

➢ Reach Out and Read Kansas City is affiliated with KU Pediatrics and Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics.

For more information, contact the ROR Kansas City office, 3901 Rainbow, Mail Stop 1051, KCK 66160, (913) 588-2793, or visit our website at .

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Reach Out and Read Kansas City Current Sites

Argentine Family Care – 3200 Strong, KCK 66103

Baby & Child Associates – 9140 Ward Parkway, Suite 201, KCMO 64114

Brookside Family Medical Group- 7130 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Children’s Campus of Kansas City- 444 Minnesota Ave., Suite 100, Kansas City, KS 66101

Children’s Mercy at Operation Breakthrough - 3039 Troost, KCMO, 64108

Children’s Mercy Pediatric Care Center – 3101 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111

Children’s Mercy Special Care Clinic – CMH, 2nd floor, Sutherland Tower, KCMO, 64108

Children’s Mercy West- 4313 State Ave, KCK, 66102

Cockerell & McIntosh Pediatrics – Blue Springs - 205 NW R D Mize Rd. #304, Blue Springs, MO 64014

Cockerell & McIntosh Pediatrics - Independence - 11200 Winner Rd., Independence, MO 64052

Goppert-Trinity Family Care – 6675 Holmes, #360, KC, MO 64131

Grain Valley Family Medical Care – 1439 Minter Way, Grain Valley, MO 64029

Health Partnership Clinic – Olathe – 407 S. Clairborne Rd., Olathe, KS 66062

Growing Futures Early Education Center- 8155 Santa Fe Dr., Overland Park, KS 66204

Health Partnership Clinic- Paola- 25955 W. 327th St., P.O. Box 225, Paola, KS 66071-4920

Heartland Primary Care – 2040 Hutton Rd- Kansas City KS 66109

Jackson County Health Department of

Blue Springs, 421 SW 19th St., Blue Springs MO 64015

Buckner, 611 S. Sibley, Byckner, MO 64016

Grain Valley, 713 Main St., Grain Valley, MO 64029

Grandview, 7201 E. 150 Hwy, Grandview MO 64030

Greenwood, 709 W. Main St., Greenwood, MO 64034

Independence, 313 S. Liberty, Independence MO 64050

Lee’s Summit, 114 SE Douglas, Lee’s Summit MO 64063

Lone Jack, 207 N. Bynum, Lone Jack, MO 64070

Oak Grove, 2100 S. Broadway, Oak Grove MO 64075

Raytown, 10000 E. 59th, Raytown, MO 64133

KU Center for Child Health and Development - 3901 Rainbow Blvd., KCK 66160

KU Family Medicine - 3901 Rainbow Blvd., KCK, 66160

KU JayDoc Free Clinic - 300 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66103

KU Pediatrics - 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Mail Stop 4004, KCK, 66160

KU Prairie Village – 7301 Mission R., Suite 300, Bldg. A, Prairie Village, KS 66208

KU Silver City Clinic - 1428 S. 32nd St, Suite 100, KCK, 66106

KU Neonatal Medical Home- 3901 Rainbow Blvd., MS 1021 Bell, Kansas City, KS 66160

Leavenworth County Health Department – 500 Eisenhower Rd., Ste. 101, Leavenworth, KS 66048

Mercy & Truth Medical Missions Shawnee - 5817 Nieman Rd., Shawnee KS 66203

Midtown Family Medicine – 3406 Broadway, Suite B, Kansas City, MO 64111

Platte County Health Department -1201 East Street, Parkville, MO 64152

Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center – 825 Euclid, KCMO, 64124

Samuel U. Rodgers Westside Health Center- 2121 Summit, Kansas City, MO 64108

Shawnee Mission HP – 9119 W. 74th St., Ste. 210, Shawnee KS 66204

Southwest Boulevard Family Health Center - 300 SW. Blvd., KCK, 66103

Swope Health Central- 3801 Blue Pkwy, KCMO, 64130

Swope Health West – 6013 Leavenworth Rd, KCK 66104

Swope Health Wyandotte – 21 N. 12th St., Ste. 400, KCK, 66102

T.P. Children & Teens Clinic – 6400 Prospect, East Bldg., Ste. 208, KCMO 64132

Tenney Pediatrics & Adolescents - 6501 E. 87th St., KCMO 64138

Truman Medical Center– Center for Family Health - 2301 Holmes, 4th floor Red, KCMO, 64108

Truman Medical Center Lakewood – 7900 Lee’s Summit Rd, KCMO 64139

Turner House Children’s Clinic - 21 N. 12th St., Ste. 300, KCK, 66102

Wyandotte Pediatrics- 8919 Parallel Pkwy, Suite 380, Kansas City, KS 66112 9/16

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