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Literacy levels are inextricably linked to nearly every community metric including income education crime health economic vitality civic engagement generational poverty and more. Yet 2 in 5 schoolchildren do not read on grade level and 1 in 3 adults in greater Houston are functionally illiterate. That is why our work the past 10 years has been important and why our continued effort to make Houston a city filled with readers is imperative. How we are making an impact Enriching Learners Through our investments in interventions and outofschool literacy programs striving readers receive the extra support and tools they need to become proficient readers by the end of the third grade.