When a Community Reads,
Children Succeed
LINC makes literacy a value and right for all children.
LINC gives every child a strong start
With LINC, families and communities joyfully read, learn, and grow together. We raise generations of readers through fun programs and activities for families with children five and under, including expecting parents.
Innovation. From the Start.
LINC’s approach to literacy focuses on the everyday world surrounding children – the family and the community.
We’ve always recognized parents and caregivers as a child’s first teacher. And we’ve always believed in the strengths they have to help their children grow into strong, confident early readers!
All parents want the best for their children. Not all parents have the same opportunities to support their children’s early learning.
LINC works with families and partners in the community to make literacy visible and valued when it matters most, in the first five years of a child’s life.
We’re building reading routines together, and offering skills, tools and tips that power literacy learning in little brains.
Because literacy is powerful and every child deserves the benefits it brings for lifelong success and well being.
Our 
Impact 
In 
Numbers
75%
Of parents with children younger than five report reading five or more days a week to their child
85%
Of parents report they read more often with their child
95%
Of parents report they understand the importance of reading with their child
85%
Of primary school parents reported LINC helped them become more aware of their child’s reading goals
The Bigger Picture
Learning Starts at Birth, Reading Starts at Birth, All Outcomes Start at Birth
Learning Starts at Birth, Reading Starts at Birth, All Outcomes Start at Birth
Children’s lifelong mental health and wellness is tied to their first five years
The bedrock of self-esteem starts with children’s attachments to their caregivers
The early literacy skills LINC works with families on build trust and emotional attachment, as well as stronger reading and learning skills
Literacy is vital to every outcome: good grades, good physical and mental health, success in life, and engagement in society
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A Word from a VIP
“ I tell my children they are superheroes because they speak two languages. They like this a lot and it motivates them to speak Spanish more. ”
Felicia Batista
Very Involved Parent, Fordham
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