This summer, Fort Worth City leaders launched “Literacy Round Up.”

It’s a direct effort to fulfill a promise to get kids struggling to read at grade level on the right track.

The city has used this Literacy Round Up as an opportunity to partner with the organizations, Go Beyond Grades, and Sid. W. Richardson Foundation to provide free literacy screenings for kids, as well as provide resources for parents and caretakers.

The hope is that the screenings will help identify students who may struggle with fluency or comprehension, two key building blocks of literacy.

Work is already being done across the city to get kids reading at grade level.

“We have assessed more than 350 children across six different facilities. The families of those children have had a meeting with our partners to provide them resources to equip them with those results to go back to our district and seek resources to assess those needs,” said Eric Lopez, Fort Worth Park and Recreation Department District Supt.

According to the city, nearly two-thirds of students who live in Fort Worth do not read proficiently. It’s a number that city and school leaders have called a civic crisis.

In April, Fort Worth leaders made literacy a priority in a resolution championed by Mayor Mattie Parker. That resolution pledges citywide support for the 12 school districts serving Fort Worth. It also commits to partnering with those districts to ensure universal grade-level reading.

Literacy screenings will be available at community centers for Camp Fort Worth participants and at library locations. Camp Fort Worth participating locations are: Chisholm Trail, Como, Diamond Hill, Fire Station, Riverside, and Victory Forest Community Centers.

If you are participating in any of the Camp Fort Worth locations, city officials say you do not need to register for a screening; it is part of your camp registration.

Also, tonight at 6:00 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, there’s a free screening of “The Truth about Reading,” a look into the literacy problem in America. The film highlights people who learned to read as adults, and shares possible solutions for working toward a future where every child learns to read proficiently.