The Bridges to Literacy project is a literacy initiative for adult learners who want to improve their literacy skills and persons learning English as a second language. In Tallahassee there are identified areas of poverty and under-education. Jr. Branch Library. This area includes five low-income housing complexes which make up the targeted area and include 607 apartments with approximately 2,124 residents. Many of the children living in these apartment complexes are at-risk children without books in their homes, without parents who read to them and without exposure to the joys of storytelling.
Books usually represent schoolwork, which in many cases is a negative experience.
Through this family literacy grant the library is planning workshops that are informative, but lots of fun. The Okaloosa County Public Library Cooperative will foster language development and a love of language in children aged 0-2. Materials will be distributed to hospitals, health centers, and libraries. A collection of age-appropriate children's books and materials, and books on parenting, will be established in both the Crestview and Fort Walton Beach Health Clinics. Parents will be trained in how to motivate their children to read.