On American Samoa it is part of our Samoan culture to honor and celebrate our children. This includes ‘White Sunday’ first celebrated in 1898. We continue this tradition today. Talking, reading, and singing is a daily activity for most families we serve. Family devotion time is rich in our culture. Each village rings the bell each evening signaling the family devotion hour where families gather, sing, read scriptures and share important topics with all members of the family, including children. The Aiga Manuia (Healthy Families) team will demonstrate a literacy activity from home visits which is culturally embedded in our history from the 19th century to modern home visiting including the impact of talking, reading stories, singing and dancing! During our session we will also share some of the barriers our team overcome daily in our efforts to support families, including significant weather impacts on technology and travel throughout the island by home visiting staff, family and staff traveling off-island for medical care resulting in extended leaves, as well as high rates of domestic violence, substance abuse and poverty. The island primarily has one road next to the ocean shores across the island. During hurricane season, power outages and internet instability become a barrier to connect with staff and families, as well as connect off the island and those off-island to connect with us. Travel for staff is limited when buses don’t travel due to severe weather or heavy rain often resulting in cancelled or virtual home visits. Another barrier is families or staff traveling off-island for medical care resulting in extended leaves. Travel off-island is expensive and often required for extended periods because American Samoa’s hospital is not yet equipped with modernized technology. Regardless of barriers, our site is a vehicle to improve many outcomes for families, including School Readiness on Early Language and Literacy Activities for the child’s development. We have reported annually since 2013 on this Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Benchmark reflecting between 95% to 100% on this performance measure.