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The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
Promoting Skilled Workers and Strong Families Through Literacy

One in four adults living in Texas Reads below the fifth grade level, placing Texas last in state literacy.
$70 billion is spent in unnecessary medical bills each year due to low health literacy.

31% of Texas prisoners are functionally illiterate.
40% of the U.S. workforce lacks essential job skills. Read more
"Let your children see you reading for pleasure in your spare time."  19 more tips to encourage children to read.

The more often you read to a child, the more likely they are to develop good literacy skills.

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55% of Texans have poor literacy skills
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What We Do
The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas is dedicated to supporting and expanding high-quality literacy services so that businesses can hire, people can work, and families can thrive. The Coalition plays a central role in coordinating and supporting high-quality literacy services throughout Central Texas.

The central purpose of a coalition is to support, coordinate and expand otherwise fragmented community efforts toward service provision, advocacy, and civic engagement. The Literacy Coalition supports and expands high quality literacy services in the central Texas region by mobilizing partnerships and increasing local attention and resources for our community’s increasing literacy needs.  The Literacy Coalition serves over 55,000 individuals through its member organizations.

Want to learn more about Health Literacy?
Learn more about Health Literacy and the importance of knowing what your doctor is talking about (from the New York Times).

Click here to see video coverage of our health literacy initiative at KXAN.

What is Literacy?
The definition of literacy has evolved from "the ability to read and use printed materials at an extremely basic level" to "using printed and written information to function in society, to achieve one's goals and to develop one's knowledge and potential" (2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy). 

What areas do we serve in Central Texas?
You can access our literacy services if you live in Travis County, Bastrop County, Caldwell County, Hays County, or Williamson County.

Break the Illiteracy Cycle
What You Can Do

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Our literacy providers offer instruction in:

  1. Adult Basic Education
  2. Citizenship
  3. Computer Literacy
  4. English for Speakers of Other Languages
  5. Financial Literacy
  6. Family Literacy
  7. Health Literacy
  8. Workplace Literacy

Literacy Services Directory 2008
Literacy Services Directory 2008

Click here to see our projects 


Thank you to the sponsors of last year's Bee! 

 Silicon Labs

 Spansion

 HEB 

 KLE Foundation

 Alamo Drafthouse

 Tapestry Foundation

 Half Price Books

 Helin and Donovan, LLP 

 Austin American-Statesman 

   
 

 

 

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