One out of every five adults in the United States is functionally illiterate.
Our Mission
Literacy Kansas City's mission is to advance literacy among area adults through direct services, advocacy and collaboration. Our vision is literacy for all.
The Need for Literacy
Approximately 225,000 adults in the Kansas City area function at the lowest literacy level. Illiteracy is closely linked to poverty, unemployment and health issues. Children of low literate parents face a high risk of growing up illiterate. Helping an adult learn to read can improve the situation of an entire family. Most adult learners seek our help so they can participate in their children's learning, obtain a GED or diploma, or improve their job skills so they can better support their families. At any time, there are around 30 students on our waiting list.
The Organization
Literacy Kansas City certifies volunteers as tutors and matches them with adult learners from across the Kansas City metropolitan area who want to improve their literacy skills. Founded in 1985, Literacy Kansas City is a member of ProLiteracy America, the U.S. program division of ProLiteracy Worldwide.
When you can't read...
you are denied information many people take for granted. Job applications, menus, street signs, prescription labels, billboards,
mail, and even this website are inaccessible.
When you can read...
you enter a world of new opportunities.
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