Past Engagement
Fall 2024
In 2023, the Oregon Legislature and Governor established early literacy as a top priority with the passage of the Early Literacy Success Initiative. As part of that legislation, the Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) will create a Birth Through Five Literacy Plan to provide strategies for supporting children ages birth through five to develop early literacy skills.
DELC partnered with Oregon’s Kitchen Table in fall 2024 to hear from people working for early learning partners, programs, and providers, as well as community groups and families with children ages birth through five years old. Approximately 450 people participated in different engagement activities. Throughout this process, we heard from many people across Oregon who provide a wide range of early literacy related activities, programs, and support in many different settings, from preschools to libraries and doctors’ offices to families' homes.
This input helped DELC create the Birth Through Five Literacy Plan, which they provided to the state legislature in December 2024.