Middle Country Public Library

The Middle Country Public Library will work with twenty-eight libraries across seven states to implement and evaluate Family Place Libraries™, a library-based early childhood and family support service model. This program will focus on parents/caregivers as first teachers, will be organized around the developmental needs of the child, and will link library services with other regional and local family support agencies. The program emphasizes libraries as key institutions within the early childhood and family support community, and partners in the promotion of healthy child and family development. Partner libraries were selected in Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oklahoma to include communities in a variety of socio-economic and diverse urban, suburban, and rural settings.