Mission

The adult literacy program is a community-based volunteer organization which provides a variety of services to enable adults to achieve personal goals through literacy. We also assist learners to utilize the public library as a resource for lifelong learning.

What is Literacy?

"The ability to understand and employ printed information in daily activities, at home, at work and in the community to achieve one's goals and to develop one's knowledge and potential" - International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)

Literacy is the essential skill.

It is the ability to use printed information to function in society, at work and in the family.
It is the combination of thinking and social skills we need to analyze and use information to control our own lives, achieve our goals and develop our knowledge and potential.

Literacy Facts

Literacy is a use it or lose it skill
Literacy is not an all or nothing proposition. The question is not "Can you read?" but "How well do you read?"
Unemployment is three times more likely for people with low literacy skills
Children of adults with low literacy skills start school at a disadvantage due to a lack of exposure to pre-literacy skills
Increased literacy results in lower health costs
It is estimated by the year 2010, 70% of all jobs will require college level literacy skills

Services Offered

The literacy program is intended for adults, 18 years of age and older. Their first language must be English. We will accept learners whose first language is not English if they cannot read or write in their Mother tongue.

Our target group of learners are adults with skills at Level 1 and Level 2. Click here to read more about literacy levels.

Free

Tutor Training
Basic Literacy One-on-One Tutoring
On-going Tutor and Learner support
Basic Literacy small group classes for persons with developmental disabilities
Workforce Classes
Basic Computer Classes
Literacy Assessment
Literacy Information Referral