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- EIN 36-3244036
- 100 South State Street Chicago IL 60603-5513 USA
- www.lvillinois.org
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Causes: Adult & Child Matching Programs, Adult Education, Children & Youth, Education, Literacy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement
Mission: Literacy volunteers of illinois is a non for profit statewide organization committed to developing and supporting volunteer literacy programs that help familiies, adults, and out of school teens increase their literacy skills.
Programs: The volunteer outreach for community action in literacy, herein referred to as vocal, is a federally funded national service program that recruits, trains and places americorps members in community and faith-based agencies to serve as tutors, tutor recruiters, and classroom aides in adult basic literacy and english as a second language programs. Throughout the fiscal year, vocal received $92,000 of donated services.
jump start is a one-to-one tutoring program in the illinois youth centers, which are state-operated secure centers for delinquent youth. The program serves two types of youth - low level youth performing below a 6th grade level and higher level youth pursuing a ged. Youth are referred to the program by teachers, but participation is voluntary.
the training center involves research, policy advising, and program development at the local, state, and national levels. It also serves as a clearing house for information and referral, sponsors two annual conferences, and provides evaluative services for the uic center for literacys family start literacy centers.