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OUR MISSION

Founded to share the joy and power of reading, New Haven Reads partners with the community to provide free one-on-one tutoring, educational family support, and a book bank to empower aspiring readers to master the literacy skills needed to thrive in school and life.

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OUR WORK

400 students enrolled in one-on-one literacy tutoring
375 volunteers
390 hours of tutoring each week with
5 locations across New Haven
55,000 free books distributed

100 of students improved their literacy scores
75% of students improved their independent reading level by one grade or more

OUR IMPACT

Since 2001…
10,000 students tutored
12,000 volunteers
2.8 million books distributed

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  • Read Across America Week - Happy Read Across America Week! Our Sites are celebrating in different way all week. Bristol Street Site director Aimee and Assistant Site Director Idalis are making sure that we have plenty…
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  • Celebrating 25 years! - New Haven Reads has been serving the Greater New Haven area for 25 years. Since 2001, we have provided free one-on-one tutoring and a book bank, all free of charge,…