We Are a Community Resource
Founded in 1998 the Literacy Council of Union County provides literacy improvement classes to adults who would like to improve their reading comprehension skills or English Language Learners who wish to improve their English Language skills; reading, writing, speaking and listening. Read more about our history.
We are a United Way of Central Carolinas Member Agency. Collectively, the member agencies work toward improving education, financial stability, and health throughout our community.
We are accredited by ProLiteracy America, the only national adult education accreditor. Accreditation is an acknowledgment of superior professional leadership, effective programs, a committed governing board, and outstanding volunteer support.
We are a direct service partner to Alliance for Children, leading Motheread®
(early childhood literacy) lessons in partnership with Union County Public Schools at high-priority elementary schools.
We are one of eighteen Community Based Organizations and fifty-eight North Carolina Community Colleges providing basic literacy skills education to over 71,000 persons in North Carolina annually.
Low‐literacy adults are more likely to misunderstand job‐related instructions and operating procedures leading to costly and dangerous mistakes.
Low‐literacy adults are also more likely to misunderstand public safety announcements leading to injury or worse to themselves and others.
The U.S. Department of Justice states, "The link between academic failure and
delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in
America's prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level.
Low‐literate adults are not always income poor, but the majority are asset poor.
Consequently, low‐literate adults are more likely to experience housing and food
insecurity, have slim opportunity for economic mobility and rely on public assistance
(both federal and local) in times of personal crisis.
We help Union County adults avoid these, often dire, consequences of low-literacy.
We are a United Way of Central Carolinas Member Agency. Collectively, the member agencies work toward improving education, financial stability, and health throughout our community.
We are accredited by ProLiteracy America, the only national adult education accreditor. Accreditation is an acknowledgment of superior professional leadership, effective programs, a committed governing board, and outstanding volunteer support.
We are a direct service partner to Alliance for Children, leading Motheread®
(early childhood literacy) lessons in partnership with Union County Public Schools at high-priority elementary schools.
We are one of eighteen Community Based Organizations and fifty-eight North Carolina Community Colleges providing basic literacy skills education to over 71,000 persons in North Carolina annually.
Low‐literacy adults are more likely to misunderstand job‐related instructions and operating procedures leading to costly and dangerous mistakes.
Low‐literacy adults are also more likely to misunderstand public safety announcements leading to injury or worse to themselves and others.
The U.S. Department of Justice states, "The link between academic failure and
delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in
America's prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level.
Low‐literate adults are not always income poor, but the majority are asset poor.
Consequently, low‐literate adults are more likely to experience housing and food
insecurity, have slim opportunity for economic mobility and rely on public assistance
(both federal and local) in times of personal crisis.
We help Union County adults avoid these, often dire, consequences of low-literacy.
