About Family Literacy

• The Family Literacy Program is a free first-step literacy program to help learners gain confidence and strength in their abilities to read, write, and speak English.



• The year-round program is comprised of two four-month sessions and a eight-week summer session. Classes meet twice a week.



• Adults work in small and large groups with teachers and tutors, learning basic English skills and writing stories about their life experiences. Children’s activities, including crafts and story times, are chosen on similar themes.



• Families develop basic computer literacy as they use literacy-based software and learn keyboard skills. Some students then prepare typed drafts of their writings for publication in the booklet titled “Our Stories.”
  
  
• Learners are offered referral assistance in pursuing their economic or educational goals.



• Parents are given information about community programs for their children.



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Updated May 12, 2008