HR386: HR386 Black Child Development Institute; recipients of the Georgia Reads Community Award; dedication to literacy advancement; commend

This is a commendation resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It recognizes the Black Child Development Institute as a recipient of the Georgia Reads Community Award, given by the Georgia Council on Literacy to communities that build sustained, multi-year partnerships to improve literacy. The resolution highlights the Institute's Read to Succeed program, which helps families build home libraries of culturally responsive, age-appropriate children's books for kids from birth to age eight. It also notes the Institute's partnerships with groups like the United Way of Greater Atlanta and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to send a copy to the Institute as a formal record of the commendation.

• Formally congratulates and commends the Black Child Development Institute for receiving the Georgia Reads Community Award.
• States the award recognizes multi-organization community partnerships sustained for at least three years with measurable literacy results.
• Highlights the Institute's Read to Succeed program, which helps families build home libraries of children's books.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and send a copy of the resolution to the Institute.

The resolution directly names and honors the Black Child Development Institute and its partner organizations, including the United Way of Greater Atlanta, the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, the Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students, and the Atlanta Speech School's Rollins Center for Language and Literacy.

The resolution carries no legal or funding effect but serves as an official public acknowledgment from the Georgia House of Representatives of a community organization's literacy work, which can raise visibility for the group and its partnerships.

• The preamble describes the Georgia Reads Community Award, which requires partnerships of two or more organizations sustained for at least three years with a strategic plan and measurable literacy results.
• The resolved clause has the House of Representatives congratulate and commend the Black Child Development Institute for its literacy work.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to the Institute.

1. 2025-02-24House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-02-24House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-02-24House Hopper (House)

• Chris Erwin (R, HD-032)Primary sponsor
• Bryce Berry (D, HD-056)

• literacy programs
• early childhood education
• community awards
• Georgia House resolution