Kosciusko Literacy Services recently received a $12,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The grant provides funding to administer adult literacy classes and expand the adult tutoring program at Kosciusko Literacy Services in collaboration with Warsaw Adult Education at Gateway Education Center. Kosciusko Literacy Services and the Warsaw Adult Education program, now under the Department of Workforce Development, have collaborated since 1993 to provide instruction to adults learning to read, earing a GED, or learning English as a new language.Funding from Workforce Development places a priority on adults, reading above a sixth-grade level, who can make measurable gains within a year. Kosciusko Literacy Services is seeking to restore service to lower literacy adults by providing literacy classes in addition to volunteer tutors. Beginning in September, the classes will meet twice a week for two hours. Volunteers are needed to provide an additional hour of one-on-one help. The objective is to improve reading skills to a minimum of the eighth-grade level so that the student may enter GED classes. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation awards grants to organizations in communities served by Dollar General. The literacy grants support non-profit organizations that provide literacy services such as adult basic education, GED preparation, English language acquisition or programs for youth who struggle with reading. For more information on the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and a complete list of grant recipients, visit www.dgliteracy.org
