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

40% of the U.S. workforce lacks essential job skills. Read more
$70 billion is spent in unnecessary medical bills each year due to low health literacy.

55% of Texans have poor literacy skills
"Let your children see you reading for pleasure in your spare time."  19 more tips to encourage children to read.

One in four adults living in Texas Reads below the fifth grade level, placing Texas last in state literacy.
31% of Texas prisoners are functionally illiterate.
The more often you read to a child, the more likely they are to develop good literacy skills.

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Grants to nonprofit organizations to support technology training programs.
 
2006 $500 Cash Grant for Tech Educators: "How to Get a Job in Information Technology: Transitioning from Education to Workplace" Grant to develop a curriculum about "how to get a job in information technology." Open to tech instructors in high schools, community colleges, technical institutes, and colleges and universities.  Deadline: June 16th, 2006.  More information. . .



Beaumont Foundation of America

P.O. Box 1855 
Beaumont, TX  77701 
866-546-2667 fax: 409-813-1816  
No money given.  Laptop computers and technology equipment awarded.  Next Application cycle starts February 2007.

Computers for Learning 
Donates surplus federal computer equipment to schools and educational nonprofits

Educational Advancement Foundation
P.O. Box 1844 
Austin, TX  78767    
Education, especially mathematics and science.
 
Offers the recipients access to a variety of literacy programs with a focus on e-learning. 
 
Wells Fargo 
111 Congress Avenue, MAC T5215-020 
Austin, TX  78701 
512-344-7205 fax: 512-344-7291 
Community Development, Education, Human services

 
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