{"id":53370,"date":"2025-09-12T13:41:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T20:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/?post_type=story&#038;p=53370"},"modified":"2025-09-16T10:38:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:38:36","slug":"prime-time-family-reading-receives-prestigious-library-of-congress-award","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/story\/prime-time-family-reading-receives-prestigious-library-of-congress-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Time Family Reading receives prestigious Library of Congress award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We&#8217;re excited to announce that the national Prime Time Family Reading curriculum has won a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.loc.gov\/news\/library-of-congress-announces-2025-literacy-awards\/s\/ae2e8f00-0ef0-4efc-98a8-1cb0d3e8bb0b\">2025 Literacy Award<\/a> from the Library of Congress!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Created by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and delivered in our state by Humanities Washington, the award recognizes programs that \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">provide exemplary, innovative and replicable strategies that promote literacy.\u201d <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since a big expansion in 2023, more than 200 partners have come together to present 177 Prime Time Reading programs. Prime Time has reached 49\u202fcommunities, serving more than 8,285 children and their parents.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">News of the award comes the same week that the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/nationsreportcard\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">National Association for Educational Progress<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> announced that high school reading proficiency has hit an all-time low. Further, budget cuts in Washington State have eliminated funding for the Prime Time program, as have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/story\/save-the-neh-and-culture-in-washington-state\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">DOGE cuts to Humanities Washington<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The program has positively impacted reading scores and student confidence and participation in the classroom: 95% of participants report reading more as a family, and 93% of children improving their attitude towards reading. State cuts, combined with the recent gutting of the National Endowment for the Humanities by DOGE, have left the future of Prime Time Family Reading in limbo. \u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prime Time is a community program, and we are hopeful that with individual, corporate, and foundation donations, we will be able to continue to offer Prime Time in 2026. All contributions matter<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">$10 will buy a book, $1,000 will buy a set of program books, $10,000 will support a whole program in a community; all contributions at all levels will help us get closer to our goal of creating a competent and curious community of readers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019re delighted that Prime Time has received prestigious national recognition, and we need your help to keep the program alive in Washington State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We all absolutely love the program,\u201d said a program coordinator in Vancouver recently. \u201cIt\u2019s exactly what our community needs to foster growth, connection, and learning.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanities.org\/donate\/\">Donate now<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce that the national Prime Time Family Reading curriculum has won a 2025 Literacy Award from the Library of Congress!\u00a0 Created by the Louisiana Endowment for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":53371,"template":"","class_list":["post-53370","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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