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

$70 billion is spent in unnecessary medical bills each year due to low health literacy.

One in four adults living in Texas Reads below the fifth grade level, placing Texas last in state literacy.
55% of Texans have poor literacy skills
40% of the U.S. workforce lacks essential job skills. Read more
31% of Texas prisoners are functionally illiterate.
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The more often you read to a child, the more likely they are to develop good literacy skills.

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The following organizations do not provide direct literacy services, but can be a valuable resource to Central Texas literacy organizations by providing other services.

Americorps for Community Engagement and Education.....(512) 232-2286
Austin Asian American Chamber of Commerce.....(512) 407-8240
Austin Council of PTA's.....(512) 414-4050
Austin Partners in Education.....(512) 637-0900
The Austin Project.....(512) 929-3545
Classroom on Wheels.....(512) 322-5300
Communicards.....(512) 560-6385
Huston-Tillotson College.....(512) 505-3028
Political Asylum Project of Austin.....(512) 478-0546
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.....(512) 323-9390
Spanish Tech.....(512) 565-6924
Success By Six/Born Learning.....(512) 472-6267   
Texas Family Literacy Center.....(512) 232-6030
Texas State University.....(512) 245-2111
United Way.....(512) 472-6267
Ventana Del Soul.....(512) 707-7447
Worksource-Greater Austin Workforce Board.....(512) 597-7100

The following organizations target specific populations and cannot accept referrals for individuals outside that population.

Housing Authority of the City of Austin.....(512) 477-4488
Travis County Community Supervision and Corrections Department.....(512) 854-4971
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.....(800) 628-5115
Texas Inmate Families Association, Inc. (TIFA).....(512) 371-0900

 
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