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North Texas Literacy Coalition

Category: Education - Literacy
Beneficiaries: General Public/Unspecified; Young adults (20-25); Ethnic racial minorities - general; Children and youth (infants-19 years); Adults
Priority: 1
Budget: $402,000.00

Illiteracy has emerged as a primary threat to sustaining a strong, thriving economy in North Texas. The NTFF recognizes the critical need in North Texas for cohesiveness in a regional literacy program in order to affect significant change toward a literate population, and more importantly, a qualified, literate workforce. Toward this end, the NTFF is committed to providing necessary resources to existing literacy providers and equipping new providers with support and resources to maintain successful literacy instruction programs. The NTFF seeks to increase literacy instruction capacity by identifying new and existing providers and equipping them with trained volunteers to teach literacy, access to quality literacy curriculum, facilities, developing workplace programs, leadership, and support.

Definition of long-term success:

All citizens of North Texas literate in English.

Definition of short-term success:

Annual reduction of illiteracy rate in North Texas.

Success monitored by:

Pre- and post-testing of all learners participating in literacy programs in 12-county North Texas region. Also, an annual survey of illiteracy among adults in North Texas will be conducted to assess program impact to illiteracy rate. Measurement will be standardized to enable comparison of illiteracy rate to other Texas and national regions.

Evidence of success:

Reduction in both number of illiterate people and the illiteracy rate in North Texas as surveyed annually by the NTFF. Periodic survey results by the U.S. Department of Education will also be incorporated into the North Texas assessment.