Literacy Network

		Local Literacy Network
	Carroll County Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy L.I.F.T. Literacy is for Today & Tomorrow U.W.G. Reading Clinic W.C.T.C. Adult Education & GED Preparation Douglas County Douglas County Literacy Council L.E.A.D. Learning for Every Adult W.C.T.C. Adult Education & GED Preparation Haralson County Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy L.A.M.P. Learning Always Means Progress W.C.T.C. Adult Education & GED Preparation Heard County Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy Heard Technical Education Center & GED Preparation Paulding County Chattahoochee Tech Adult Education & GED Preparation
75% of students who are poor readers in the third grade will remain poor readers in high school. Georgia scored 50^th on SATs in 2003. One in four adults in Georgia operates at a low literacy level. Low literate workers cost Georgia businesses $7 billion a year. People in the U.S. who are illiterate represent 75% of the unemployed, 33% of mothers receiving aid, 85% of juveniles who appear in court and 60% of prison inmates. With your help, this can change…