Lafayette County Literacy Council awarded a ProLiteracy National Book Fund Grant

The Lafayette County Literacy Council is pleased to announce it has received a $1,490 award from ProLiteracy’s National Book Fund.

The National Book Fund provides adult education and literacy programs throughout the United States with grant awards to help purchase high-quality educational materials and resources needed to support their literacy initiatives.

“This August, our ABLE program will begin offering one-on-one GED coaching in addition to the coaching we already provide in basic literacy and the National Book Fund grant will help us provide learners with the materials they need to prepare and pass the GED,” says Meridith Wulff, executive director of the Lafayette County Literacy Council. “This grant from the National Book Fund will allow us to focus on serving our adult learners and our coaches and free us from the financial burden of buying learning materials for them.

Kevin Morgan, president and CEO of ProLiteracy said, “Every year, we receive a number of compelling, high-quality applicants. We are pleased this year to be able to offer grants to 80 percent of the applicants we received. ProLiteracy is excited to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the National Book Fund with the bold vision of putting one book each in the hands of 125,000 adult learners nationwide. Over the last 20 years, we have distributed more than 1,500 grant awards totaling more than $2.9 million. Over 305,000 adults, youth, and children improved their reading skills as a result of this initiative, and more than 33,000 tutors and literacy volunteers have received the resources they need to provide direct literacy instruction to students.”

New Readers Press, the publishing division of ProLiteracy, provides the books and materials for the National Book Fund. These books are high-quality instructional materials specially written to meet the needs of adult literacy students, instructors, and trainers. Adult literacy programs can choose from more than 400 New Readers Press titles.