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Causes: Adult Education, Education, Literacy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement
Mission: The literacy council exists to provide literacy instruction to individuals and families to strengthen communities, to improve the quality of life for individuals and to advocate for literacy awareness and services.
Programs: The literacy council was founded in 1985 to meet the need for adult literacy services in winnebago, boone, and northeast ogle counties. The council provides literacy instruction to individuals and families to strengthen communities. Programs include one-on-one volunteer tutoring in adult basic literacy and english as a second language (esl), small group classes in adult basic education and esl and family literacy programs. During the fiscal year 174 adults received intensive one-on-one volunteer tutoring, 137 adults took classes and 4,193 families participated in family literacy programs (including 6,345 children). All services are provided free of charge.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.