DOMAIN
Family and Caregiver Engagement
Families and caregivers understand the importance of early literacy, have skills and resources to support their child, and are engaged in community efforts around early literacy.
Long-term impact metric: Increase in number of Davidson County caregivers reporting they are able to engage in their child’s education.
2025-2026 Strategies, Actions, and Targets
Strategy
Ensure family and caregiver voice in Raising Readers Nashville and other literacy-related initiatives.
Action
Build effective training and support infrastructure to improve and increase caregiver involvement with partners and policy makers.
18-Month Target
Expanded caregiver input in planning and decisions by partners is observable.
Partners can easily engage caregivers as partners in the work, report increased involvement of caregivers.
Strategy
Ensure caregivers have access to sufficient social supports.
Action
Actively support awareness and advocacy efforts of Davidson County Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), All Children Excel (ACE) Nashville, and others for improved wrap-around supports for households.
More about our current actions.
Get to know more about our four domains of focus, our 2025-2026 strategies, and our approach to collaborative efforts. Download our latest report, “Cultivating a Landscape for Learning: Raising Readers Nashville 2025-2026 Strategies.”