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February 2011
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To help Portage County adults develop basic math and English literacy skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency and community integration.
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On the most basic level, literacy is defined as “the ability to read and write.”
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would say that it’s not just the ability to read and write, but also to understand, use and apply what you read, and to communicateeffectively in writing.
It is also a social practice or social currency, and, as such, a key to social mobility . Learning the hidden rules and cultural codes of the dominant culture, according to this perspective, facilitates upward mobility.
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Literacy levels are connected to most of the pressing social and economic issues:
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unemployment
poverty
homelessnessrates of
incarceration
social
assistance
welfarechild well
being
child school
performance
community
integration
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Poverty
Employability
Access to
Community
Resources
Access to Health
Care
Self sufficiency
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The relationship between level of education and poverty is clear.
The National Institute for Literacy estimates that 43% of adults with very low literacy skills live in poverty.
About 70% of adult welfare recipients have low level literacy skill on the National Assessment of the Adult Literacy (NAAL).
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In Portage County:
3,800 residents do not speak English at home
25% of whom live below the poverty line
752 are “linguistically isolated”
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• Also known as
ESL or ELL
• 90% of learners
English
Language
Learners
• Learning or
cognitively
disabled
• 10% of learners
Adult
Basic
Education
Learners
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Learners come from more than 17 countries
and speak more than 10 native languages.
We serve 170 adults ranging in age from 18-74
We serve more women then men; most of whom are mothers
Our largest learner populations are Hispanic and Asian
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ELL Classes VolunteerTutors
Self-pacedComputer Learning
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A World of Difference
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Workplace
Personal
Community/
Citizen
Lifelong Learning/ESL
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Refer a learner to the PCLC
Volunteer to be a tutor Be a tutor recruiter Support the local United
Way Volunteer for a
committee or event Become a fan of our
Facebook Cause Read our blog Sign up for our
newsletter Make a donation online
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Holiday InnStevens Point
Be a sponsor!
Come and play!
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Desiah Melby, Executive DirectorPortage County Literacy Council1052 Main Street, Suite 104Stevens Point, WI 54481(715) 345-5341