Children's Advocacy Center Receives Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant

Oct. 13, 2011 - PRLog -- The Children’s Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida (CAC) has received a grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to improve the reading skills of 30 children enrolled in the Pine Manor After-School/Summer Program by purchasing the iStation Reading Program.

The iStation Reading Program is an Internet-based reading and intervention software program for students in Pre-K through Grade 5.  Developed with input from many of the nation’s leading researchers and aligned to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, iStation delivers individualized and small group instruction focusing on five key reading areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension and fluency.  

The Pine Manor After-School/Summer Program is geared toward preventing school failure and delinquency among at-risk youth in a safe, nurturing environment.  It is the only after-school/summer program in Pine Manor. The program provides curriculum-based activities for children ages 5 through 12 who reside in Pine Manor.  The goals of the program are to keep children safe and to help them reach their full potential by teaching them literacy, social and character-building skills. In turn, these skills are designed to help the clients make safe, responsible decisions.  

Program services are provided free of charge at the Pine Manor Community Center and include the following activities: homework help, reading programs, character education, field trips, guest speakers, crafts and outdoor play.

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Children's Advocacy Center, a United Way partner agency, is a crisis center that works with sexually and physically abused children and is designed to be a safe and friendly place for them to come and be heard and help them get on the road to recovery. For more information, please call (239) 939-2808 or visit http://www.cac-swfl.org.