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Causes: Adult Education, Education
Mission: The Columbus Literacy Council is a volunteer based organization dedicated to increasing the functional literacy of adults in central Ohio through teaching the English language skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Programs: Columbus literacy council has been serving central ohio for 44 years working to improve foundational literacy skills necessary for workforce development, strong families, and healthy communities. Council programs include e2e (english to excel), e40 (english for occupations), fit (families involved together-family literacy), refresh (ged preparation), c2 (computer connections-digital literacy), usa (citizen preparation), and lead (literacy leaders-volunteer training. In 2014, council volunteers provided approximately 136,530 hours of service to over 3,000 students.