Building Together With
Our Community Partners
We partner with the incredible resources that already exist in a community. Whether we’re offering free books in a bodega or collaborating with a library to host caregiver workshops, we find so many ways to work together with partners across a neighborhood.
LINC’s Partnership Model
We work with a broad range of partners, including educational institutions, community organizations, cultural institutions, service providers, community leaders, and educators, to power our efforts to support families. We train and equip our partners to incorporate literacy-rich practices into their services, including providing resources and workshops tailored to their needs.
LINC’s Partners include:
Child Care and Educational Organizations
From prenatal care to daycare to pre-k to kindergarten, we design programming that is accessible and multilingual to ensure that the organizations supporting a child’s first five years are filled with literacy opportunities that are welcoming and inclusive for all families.
Health Organizations
For many years, we’ve designed clinical and community partnerships with hospitals, nutrition offices, and doctors’ offices in order to support the medical providers of expectant families and families with newborns and young children. Our work includes:
- Equipping health workers and caregivers to support children’s early literacy and healthy development.
- Creating literacy-rich environments in clinical and community settings.
- Fostering early learning habits and caregiver confidence through evidence-based programming and resources.
Cultural Institutions
We partner with institutions ranging from botanical gardens and public parks to museums and zoos, creating enriching programming and literacy resources while offering our families opportunities to engage with the rich cultural life that surrounds their children.
Government
Local and regional leaders play a vital role in our work, and we are proud to collaborate with officials to develop long-range opportunities to support our littlest learners, as well as design impactful programming for their constituents.
The LINCubator
The LINCubator is our innovative fee-for-service approach to strengthening young learners’ foundational reading skills by aligning educators, caregivers, and community-based professionals around shared, evidence-based practices. We accomplish this through two paired approaches: professional learning and caregiver workshops.
Professional Learning
Professional educators are introduced to a range of research-based literacy strategies to utilize in their classrooms. Grounded in adult learning theory, these sessions focus on the impact that culturally responsive, play-based methods can have on effective classroom development.
Caregiver Workshops
Through a series of workshop sessions, caregivers receive clear, actionable guidance focused on the actions that form daily routines, including talking, reading, singing, and playing.
As New York expands universal child care, this paid model offers a scalable approach to embedding early literacy into the daily practice of early care and learning providers—strengthening quality, consistency, and workforce capacity without adding unnecessary burden.
When available, LINC will also use class assessment data to help educators interpret student needs and empower families to understand how to reinforce specific skills at home. This shared understanding strengthens trust, improves instructional precision, and accelerates skill development.
Immigrant Family Services
We are working with partners to help immigrant families navigate fear, trauma, and uncertainty by building trusted connections, promoting early literacy, and linking families to vital community resources. Through a trauma-informed and culturally responsive approach, we provide parents and caregivers “Know Your Rights” kits and organize specialized programming designed to equip caregivers with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to nurture their children’s learning and emotional well-being.
Adrienne Adams
Former Speaker of the NYC Council
Your programs give families techniques to help advance their children’s reading. Your unique focus on neighborhoods brings together businesses, libraries, neighbors, students, and families to strengthen community. The phrase ‘Reading Everywhere’ is both the heart and the triumph of LINC.
Leslie-Ann Murray
Program Manager, ExpandED Schools
Yesterday, I attended LINC’s Phonemic Awareness workshop online. The workshop was beyond impressive. The instructor did a great job of creating an inclusive, participatory, and caring environment. I just wanted her to know that I was impressed, and I want to continue to learn from her. Lastly, she has such a great teaching voice—soothing and healing.
Christine Hughes,
Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, SBH WIC
I really enjoyed being a part of the program yesterday… I know the work you are doing is making a real difference in children’s lives! Thanks again!