On November 30, 2021, Bob Paponetti, President & CEO, and Laureen Atkins, VP of Strategic Initiatives, discussed preschool enrollment trends, survey results from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library families, and the effects of adult literacy in advancing the workforce.

Meghan Salas Atwell, Ph.D., Associate Director, Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development, presented on the relationship between participation in the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Program and kindergarten readiness, and Monica Gaulden, SPARK Ohio Recruitment, Retention and Training Supervisor, shared information on SPARK as an effective early literacy intervention.