Our Impact on
Children

Literacy Skill Building

Literacy intervention focuses on fluency proficiency, and improving reading comprehension.

Social/Emotional Growth

Children and volunteers build a close, trusting relationship that helps improve the children’s reading skills, and also builds essential social and emotional skills.

Improved Academic Success

In yearly surveys, teachers report their students show better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems significant gains in reading skills, and increased confidence.

Our Impact on VOLUNTEERS

Sense of Purpose

Volunteer tutors age 50+ benefit from training and ongoing support that strengthens their natural mentoring abilities, builds their confidence, and fosters a sense of purpose that helps ensure their success as tutors – and the success of the children as readers.

Health Benefits

Older adults who volunteer for a significant number of hours each week gain important physical health, brain health, and community engagement outcomes as a result of their participation.

Improved Confidence in Technology

Each of our volunteers is trained and supported in learning several technological services in order to tutor virtually.

Our Impact on THE COMMUNITY

Combatting the Cycle of Poverty

We are providing the essential support to ensure that children can read by the end of third grade, helping them achieve their academic goals, allowing them to become productive members of the community.

Supporting Schools and After-school Programs

Students who participate in our program show better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems significant gains in reading skills, and increased confidence in the classroom.

2022/2023 Impact

Pre- and post-tutoring assessments collect measures of academic performance, behavior, and other indicators and are completed by Parentis Foundation reading specialist or site supervisors at the beginning of the school year, middle of the year, and again at the end of the school year or whenever a student exits the program.

Parentis Foundation’s Empowering Readers site supervisors completed both the pre, mid-year and post-tutoring assessment survey for all participating students.

Critical Literacy Skill Building

Literacy intervention focuses on fluency proficiency, increased accuracy, and improving reading comprehension.

Social and Emotional Growth

Children and volunteers build a close, trusting relationship that helps improve the children’s reading skills, and also builds essential social and emotional skills.

Improved Academic Success

In yearly surveys, teachers report their students show better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems significant gains in reading skills, and increased confidence.

Parentis Foundation holds a core belief that a dignified, empowered life should be available to everyone regardless of age, ability or state of wellness.

The program also uniquely utilizes a senior volunteer workforce to not only support student academic success, but also to address challenges facing older adults. As more and more baby boomers reach retirement age, there is a greater need to create opportunity for engagement within and among the senior population.

Increased Sense of Purpose

Volunteer tutors age 50+ benefit from training and ongoing support that strengthens their natural mentoring abilities, builds their confidence, and fosters a sense of purpose that helps ensure their success as tutors – and the success of the children as readers.

Health Benefits for Older Adults

Older adults who volunteer for a significant number of hours each week gain important physical health, brain health, and community engagement outcomes as a result of their participation.

Improved Confidence in Technology

Each of our volunteers is trained and supported in learning several technological services in order to tutor virtually.

Research demonstrates older adults who remain socially, mentally and physically active have better physical and mental health, and reduced risk of dementia and depression. The 2019 OC Indicators Report identifies residents age 65 and older as the only age group expected to account for a larger percent of the county population over the next 40 years than it does today. It is critical that this growing population have opportunities like our program that allow them to remain connected to their community, have a sense of purpose, and help them maintain their social, physical and mental health.