Re: 'First we call all the parents'
I heartily agree that the lack of extended family--the real "village" that raises a kid--has made life more difficult for modern people, but not insurmountable.
I disagree that it is the role of the government to step in, although that would be the "village" Hillary was talking about. Although projects like your Family Literacy of Pennsylvania may be in the abstract good ideas and useful, I like to think that such things could be privately financed.
By the way, if you went to one of these Family Literacy meetings, and collected all the clients in one room, and asked them "how many people here think you can get fat from eating too many french fries?" I bet everyone raises their hands.