[YL] Hello and Question

[wanda-edwards]

Hello Everyone!

My name is Wanda Edwards and I currently am employed in an afterschool tutoring program and I volunteer as a director/coordinator of my church's summer youth programs.
I am a single (divorced) mother of 3 children, th oldest of which is 19 and developmentally delayed. In my adult life I have been a foster parent, CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for children, home day care provider, Sunday school teacher, VBS teacher and director, and private tutor.
I am also a student, I am finishing my Bachelors degree at The University of Toledo in Youth Development.
So, I said all that to say this: I LOVE WORKING WITH CHILDREN!

Now for my question:

In collaboration with another community agency, I am attempting to establish a summer tutoring program for students grades 1 - 6 next summer. All tutors will be volunteers and this project has an extremely low budget.
In searching the Internet I found the archived information from America Reads and America Counts tutoring programs (leftovers from the Clinton administration). The few people I talked to describe it as a dismal failure. I looked over the website and I am not seeing any major faults with the curriculum, maybe some things could be tweaked to make it better. The most attractive part to me, I must admit, is the cost (FREE).

Does anybody have any experience with these programs? Any information you could share with me would be greatly appreciated. Or even if you know of any super low cost curriculums that we could use would be great!

Thanks in advance!

Wanda J Edwards
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