AARP Foundation Experience Corps
AARP Foundation Experience Corps – Baltimore Branch
AARP Foundation Experience Corps: Chicago Branch
AARP Foundation Experience Corps San Francisco – Bay Area (Aspiranet)
Barnstable Public Schools
Participating partner organizations:
- Brevard Public Schools
- Rolling Readers Space Coast
- The Early Learning Coalition of Brevard
Brockton Public Schools
Participating partner organizations:
- Broward County Public Schools
- Children’s Services Council of Broward County
- Early Learning Coalition of Broward County
AARP Foundation Experience Corps Evansville (Carver Community Organization)
Participating partner organizations:
- United Way of East Central Iowa
- Cedar Rapids Public Library
- Kids on Course
- Young Parents Network
Participating partner organizations:
- Waterloo Community Schools
- Family YMCA of Black Hawk County
- Cedar Valley Readers
- Operation Threshold
- Child Care Resource & Referral of Northeast Iowa
Broward County Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
Palm Beach Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
St. Lucie Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
Delray Beach Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
Participating partner organizations:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford
- Catholic Charities
- City of Hartford
- COMPASS Youth Collaborative
- Capitol Region Education Council
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- Hartford Foundation of Public Giving
- Hartford Public Library
- Hartford Public Schools
- Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford
- King’s Chapel Early Care and Education Center
- St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center
- The Fund for Greater Hartford
- UCONN Health
- United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut
- Village for Families and Children
- Women’s League Child Development Center
- YMCA of Greater Hartford
Orlando/Orange County Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
City of Phoenix: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Phoenix
City of Tempe: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Tempe
Participating partner organizations:
- United Way of Central Iowa
- Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
- Iowa Afterschool Alliance
- Everybody Wins! Iowa
- Des Moines Public Schools
Participating partner organizations:
- Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
- AmeriCorps Partners in Learning
- Dubuque Community Schools
- Dubuque Community YMCA / YWCA
- St. Mark Youth Enrichment
- Dubuque County Early Childhood
- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Orlando/Orange County Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
Participating partner organizations:
- Achieve Escambia
- Early Learning Coalition Escambia
- Escambia County School District
- Every Child a Reader Escambia
Participating partner organizations:
- Flagler Cares
- The Early Learning Coalition of Flagler and Volusia Counties
AARP Experience Corps affiliate
Participating partner organizations:
- Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Tampa-Hillsborough County Library
- United Way Suncoast
Participating partner organizations:
- Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holyoke
- Connections After School Program
- Criterion-Heritage Early Intervention Program
- Enchanted Circle Theater
- Enlace de Familias Inc.
- Girls Inc of Holyoke
- Greater Holyoke YMCA
- Hampshire College
- Holyoke Public Library
- Homework House
- Main Street Writers
- Mount Holyoke College
- Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Valley Opportunity Council Early Education Centers
- Westfield State College
Participating partner organizations:
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties
- Indian River Healthy Start Coalition
- Indian River School District
- Kindergarten Readiness Collaborative
- The Learning Alliance
Jacksonville Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
Participating partner organizations:
- Jacksonville Children’s Commission
- Episcopal Children’s Services
Johnson County Early Childhood Intervention
Pinellas Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
LA’s Best: AARP Foundation Experience Corps City of Los Angeles
Participating partner organizations:
- Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County
- School District of Manatee County
- Step Up Suncoast
Participating partner organizations:
- Mid-Iowa Community Action (MICA)
- Marshalltown Community School District
Participating partner organizations:
- All About Achieving Learning Center
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Martin County
- Children’s Services Council of Martin County
- Early Learning Coalition of Indian River, Martin and Okeechobee Counties
- Helping People Succeed
- Martin County Library
- Martin County School District
- Shared Services Network of Martin County
- YMCA of the Treasure Coast
Metropolitan Family Service: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Portland
Participating partner organizations:
- GKollaborative
- Háblame Bebé
- Miami Dade College
- Miami Dade Public School System
- Reading Explorers, Florida International University
- Reading Explorers, Nova Southeastern University
- The Children’s Movement
- The Children’s Trust
Northern California Presbyterian Homes & Services Inc.: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Marin County
Norton Public Schools
Participating partner organizations:
- City of Orlando Families, Parks and Recreation Department
- Early Learning Coalition of Orange County
- Heart of Florida United Way
- Adult Literacy League
- Orange County Public Schools
Participating partner organizations:
- United Way of Wapello County
- Sieda Community Action
- Ottumwa Public Schools
Participating partner organizations:
- Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County
Parentis Health Foundation: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Orange County
Participating partner organizations:
- Bee’s Learning
- Boys and Girls Club of Suncoast
- Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA)
- Children’s Home
- City of Largo
- City of St. Petersburg
- Dunedin Public Library
- Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County
- Pinellas County Health Department (FDOH)
- Lake Maggiore Shores Initiative
- Lealman and Asian Neighborhood Family Center
- Lutheran Services Florida
- Police Athletic League of St. Petersburg
- Pinellas County Schools
- Pinellas Public Library Cooperative
- Preserve Vision Florida
- R’Club Childcare
- YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg
- YMCA of the Suncoast
Participating partner organizations:
- Raise Me to Read
- Promise Partners
- Family, Inc.
- Council Bluffs Community School District
Quality Educational Services: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Twin Cities
Participating partner organizations:
- Valley of the Sun United Way
Participating partner organizations:
- Chandler Unified School District
- Chandler School District Board
- Chandler Library
- First Things First
- Chandler Christian Community Center
- Chandler CARE Center
Participating partner organizations:
- Galamundi Bilingual Early Childhood Development Center
- LAUNCH Flagstaff
Participating partner organization:
- Maricopa County Head Start and Early Head Start
Participating partner organizations:
- Gila River Indian Community Tribal Education Department
- First One Hundred Institute
- Unite for Literacy
- First Things First
Participating partner organizations:
- Arizona Stand for Children
- City of Phoenix
- First Things First (Phoenix region/Gila Bend)
Participating partner organizations:
- AARP Foundation Experience Corps
- City of Tempe
- Maricopa County Library District-Guadalupe Branch
- Read On Tempe
- Thrive to Five
- Tempe Public Library
Participating partner organizations:
- Flowing Wells Unified School District
- Great Beginnings Preschool
- Literacy Connects
- Make Way for Books, Tucson
- United Way of Tucson
Participating partner organizations:
- Crane schools
- Healthy Families
- Somerton School District No. 11
- Yuma Parents as Teachers
- Reach Out and Read Yuma County
- Yuma School District
Read to Succeed Buffalo: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Buffalo
Martin Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
Participating partner organizations:
- Siouxland Human Investment Partnership
- Sioux City Public Schools
- Siouxland CARES
- Sioux City Public Library
Raising A Reader program
Participating partner organizations:
- Springfield Public Schools
- Springfield Parks & Recreation Department
- YMCA of Greater Springfield
- Martin Luther King Jr. Family Services
- Regional Employment board of Hampden County
- Springfield Museums
- Square One Early Education and Care Center
- Springfield City Library
- WGBY
- Springfield School Volunteers
- HomeCityFamilies
- Raising a Reader
- Head Start
- Springfield College, AmeriCorps
- Springfield Partners for Community Action
Participating partner organizations:
- Children’s Services Council of St. Lucie County
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River & Okeechobee Counties
- Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County
- Early Learning Coalition of St. Lucie County
- United Way of St. Lucie County
Participating partner organizations:
- ACPC (Child Care Center)
- Ames Community Schools
- Ames Public Library
- Boost Together for Children
- Early Childhood Iowa
- Iowa State University
- Raising Readers in Story County
- United Way of Story County
- YSS
Indian River Grade-Level Reading Campaign Partner
The Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center: AARP Foundation Experience Corps – City of Sacramento
United Way California Capital Region: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Sacramento County and Yolo County
United Way Central Georgia: AARP Foundation Experience Corps Central Georgia
Watertown Public Schools
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Spotlight on AARP Foundation Experience Corps
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Spotlight on The Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation
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Spotlight on the Florida Grade-Level Reading Campaign
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Spotlight on the Waltham Public Schools
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