Connecticut Community Foundation grant to Haskins reading program

NEW HAVEN, CT-- The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut Community Foundation has approved a grant in the amount of $20,000 for the work of the reading program at Haskins Laboratories. This grant was made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor.

For additional information about the Haskins reading program and the Haskins Literacy Initiative, contact Dr. Margie Gillis, senior scientist.

Haskins Laboratories was founded in 1935 by the late Dr. Caryl P. Haskins. This independent research institute has been in New Haven, Connecticut since 1970 when it formalized affiliations with Yale University and the University of Connecticut. The Laboratories' primary research focus is on the science of the spoken and written word.

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