Historically, the Literacy Alliance has been focused on adult foundational education for English native speakers. However, in 2023 the first English learning classes were launched after almost 20 years of not offering such classes. We hired our first English Language Learning (ELL) Coordinator, Bill Harris, who has
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The Literacy Alliance has joined JaxUSA’s Earn Up network in support of adult learners and their career goals. Earn Up engages stakeholders in the Jacksonville region’s talent ecosystem through a three-pronged approach of talent attraction, development and connection. By partnering with education, business and community leaders and
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AmeriCorps, through Volunteer Florida, renewed its support of the Litearcy Alliance’s AmeriCorps program known as Adult Literacy Corps! Each year, AmeriCorps Members sign up for national service with many nonprofit organizations throughout the state in partnership with Volunteer Florida. With the Literacy Alliance, Members support small-group teachers
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The Literacy Alliance proudly earned recognition as a 2025 grant recipient of the Women’s Giving Alliance (WGA), an initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. As a leading philanthropic giving circle, WGA has invested over $10 million in grants to improve the lives of women and
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Dollar General, the premier corporate supporter of adult literacy, announced its support of two Literacy Alliance efforts. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation renewed its support of our core adult literacy program and announced a new grant for the expanding Family Literacy Initiative. Through both of these grants,
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Literacy and continuous learning are foundations for adult learners with goals of improving their quality of life and career potential. Recognizing the power of building individual skills and identifying job opportunities, two major grant makers invested in the Literacy Alliance’s Integrated Education and Training (IET) program. The
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Research into the field of adult literacy is deep. The most influential outcome measurement project conducted is by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The most recent OECD report on adult literacy and skill building was just released, and among its recommendations is one the
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Unlocking the future for children is a partnership between parent and child. Through our own partnership with the Children’s Literacy Initiative, the Literacy Alliance worked with former Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene and the Children’s Literacy Initiative to screen a new documentary by Stephen Curry called Sentenced. Also joining the partnership
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United Way of Northeast Florida recently announced a series of community investments that focused on improving the financial well being of adults in Northeast Florida. Included in the grants announced was the Literacy Alliance of Northeast Florida which will be expanding its adult education classes with job
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As part of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, the Literacy Alliance announces that it is now an official partner with the University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning’s New Worlds Reading Initiative to provide family literacy workshops in the Northeast Florida region. The planned workshops are open
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