Building Literate Communities
In NYS, there are over
3.4 Million
Individuals who lack their HS Diploma, Englishlanguage proficiency, or both
In NYS, there are over
ProLiteracy launched the ProLiteracy Hero Contest in late October to raise awareness of the adult literacy crisis, and to recognize the adult education and literacy heroes worldwide.
Read MoreThe Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) announced this week that, thanks to generous funding provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, they will offer several, prestigious, national level awards.
Read MoreLiteracy New York Buffalo-Niagara was thrilled to celebrate 'A Toast to Literacy 2018' last week.
Read More40%of low-skilled Americans
have earnings in the bottom
On average, a
High School Graduate Lives 6 to 9yrs
In the last 30yrs
workers without a High School
Degree experienced an
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester will host a Holiday Open House and Official Grand Opening for the LVR Learning Center on November 29th at our office at 1600 South Avenue. The relationship we developed with Spectrum has spurred this project that will benefit many.
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Cecilia Brock, Executive Director of Literacy of Northern New York shares a recent field trip.
Read More22% percent of New York State residents suffer needlessly from low literacy, severely limiting their quality of life and often leading to unemployment, poverty, health issues, and even incarceration.
