With 105 program sites across the state, we serve children across urban, suburban, and rural communities.
We add new sites every month, delivering significant benefits to even more children and families.

REACH OUT AND READ-ALABAMA REACHES 100 SITES STATEWIDE, EXPANDING ACCESS TO EARLY LITERACY AND FAMILY SUPPORT THROUGH PEDIATRIC CARE

Reach Out and Read-Alabama has reached a major milestone: The nonprofit now partners with 100 participating clinical sites statewide, expanding access to books, early literacy guidance, and meaningful family support through pediatric care. Over the past year alone, the program has reached more than 92,000 children through 247,000 well-child visits, distributing nearly 178,000 books to families across the state.

The milestone comes as Reach Out and Read-Alabama hits its 20th anniversary, celebrating how the program has grown from a small network of clinical partners into a statewide effort reaching families in communities across Alabama.

When Reach Out and Read is part of a routine well-child visit, appointments are more engaging, meaningful, and conversational.

Thanks to our program, clinicians have natural opportunities to speak with the patient and family and observe their behaviors and reactions. When given a book, does the baby put it in their mouth? Does the child hold it right-side up? Does the parent engage with the child around the book and show interest? In these moments, providers can learn about developmental milestones and the child/caregiver relationship through the simple act of spending time with the family. These organic moments put patients and families at ease, making them more willing to share their experiences and more receptive to receiving new information.

When the relationship between a clinician and family is strengthened thanks to Reach Out and Read, it’s easier to build trust, share critical information, and work as a team to ensure the child can thrive.

Integrated with pediatric care

Reach Out and Read clinicians provide families with a new, developmentally appropriate book during each well-child visit from birth to age 5. By the time a child reaches their fifth birthday, they will have more than a dozen books.

During these visits, clinicians talk with parents about the benefits of reading aloud and provide advice for engaging infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with the books.

Clinicians also use the book to assess children’s developmental milestones, like responding to a caregiver’s voice, tracking with their eyes, turning pages, repeating rhymes, and forming sentences.

  • Coastal Pediatrics
    Eastern Shore Children’s Clinic
    Fairhope Pediatrics
    Gulf Shores Pediatrics
    South Baldwin Pediatrics

  • Eufaula Pediatric Clinic

  • Bibb Medical Center

  • Regional Medical Clinic

  • Anniston Pediatrics
    Cheaha Adult and Pediatric Medicine
    Model City Pediatrics
    Pediatric Care Center of Northeast Alabama
    Purohit Pediatric Clinic, LLC

  • Clay County Health Department

  • Enterprise Pediatric Clinic

  • Tennessee Valley Pediatrics

  • Willow Tree Pediatrics

  • Ozark Pediatric Clinic

  • Pediatric Adolescent Medicine
    Selma Pediatrics, PC

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  • Foothills Family Medicine Clinic
    Gadsden Pediatric Clinic
    Southside Pediatrics. LLC

  • Hale County Healthcare Authority

  • Dothan Pediatric Clinic
    Southeastern Pediatric Associates

  • Kids First Pediatrics

  • Birmingham Pediatric Associates
    Children’s Medical Group
    The Children’s Hospital of Alabama
    • Greenvale Pediatrics Hoover
    • Midtown Pediatrics
    • Over the Mountain Pediatrics
    • Pediatric Complex TEAL Clinic
    • Pediatrics West Hueytown
    • Pediatrics West McAdory
    Jefferson County Health Department
    • Central Health Center
    • Eastern Health Center
    • Western Health Center
    Metro Pediatrics
    Newborn Follow Up Program
    Nurse Family Partnership of
    Central Alabama
    Redmont Pediatric Associates, P.C.
    Regimen Healthcare
    Simon-Williamson Clinic Pediatrics Tots N Teens Pediatrics
    University of Alabama Birmingham
    Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
    University of Alabama Birmingham
    Primary Care Clinic

  • Lamar Family Medicine

  • Infants’ & Children’s Clinic
    Tennessee Valley Pediatrics (Florence)

  • Pediatric Associates of Auburn
    Pediatric Clinic, LLC
    Sunshine Pediatrics

  • Athens Primary Care Associates

  • Physicians Care Hampton Cove
    University of Alabama Birmingham
    Huntsville Family Medicine Residency
    University of Alabama Huntsville Pediatrics

  • Anderson Family Care
    Marengo County Health Department

  • Boaz and Albertville Family Care
    Compass Pediatrics
    Kids Klinic
    Kids R Us Pediatrics

  • Accordia Health
    Accordia Health Children’s
    Outpatient Center
    Hope Harbor Pediatric Care
    Mobile County Health Department
    • Citronelle Clinic
    • Eight Mile Clinic
    • Keeler Pediatrics
    • Family Health Semmes Clinic
    • Family Health Southwest Clinic
    Mostellar Medical Center
    Nurse Family Partnership - Gulf Coast
    University of South Alabama
    Children’s Medical Center

  • Monroe County Hospital
    Rural Health Center
    Primary Care Center of Monroeville

  • Gift of Life Foundation/
    Nurse Family Partnership
    Maxwell Air Force Base
    Montgomery Family Medicine
    Residency Program
    Partners in Pediatrics

  • Heart of the Valley Pediatrics

  • Charles Henderson Child Health Center
    Kids First Pediatrics Troy
    Troy Pediatric Clinic & Collegiate Health

  • Pediatric Care of Chelsea

  • The Children’s Hospital of Alabama
    Pell City Pediatrics

  • Alabama Multi-Specialty Group
    Bama Pediatrics
    Crimson Pediatrics
    University of Alabama College
    of Community Health Sciences
    West Alabama Pediatrics

  • Capstone Health
    •Hilltop
    • Nauvoo
    • Summit
    • Viking
    • West Jasper
    Drs. Dabbs and Hyland PC

  • Southwest Alabama Health Services

  • Wilcox County Health Department

  • Capstone Health Double Springs