The Pontiac United Education Coalition (PUEC), a registered non-profit, has recruited literacy stakeholders from across Pontiac to form our local chapter of the Campaign Grade Level Reading (CGLR)–Pontiac READS! Collaboratively, educators, business leaders, not-for-profit organizations, and faith communities have come together to partner with parents and schools to support young children’s (birth-grade three) literacy development across Pontiac.

Pontiac READS! will focus on four goal areas, each of which research shows are critical to literacy success: summer learning, early literacy learning, school attendance, and health and wellness. Each of these goal areas will form a Collaborative that is composed of partners, subject experts, community stakeholders who will help navigate and drive planning for high quality program implementation using best practices. A Visionary Council will provide guidance and strategy for all CGLR collaboratives. Members include the chair of each collaborative, funders, and experts.