We serve learners, literacy providers, and employers in the following counties:
- Kern
- Los Angeles
- Orange
- Riverside
- San Bernardino
- Santa Barbara
- Ventura
Illiteracy affects us all, and the numbers are overwhelming:
- Los Angeles has the highest number of undereducated adults of any major metroplitan area of the U.S. – 3.8 million people.
- 56% of L.A. County residents speak a language other than English at home.
- 53% of all working-age adults in Los Angeles cannot read well enough to use a bus schedule or complete a job application.
- 70% of adults with low-literacy skills live in poverty.
- 75% of unemployed adults have reading and writing difficulties.
