| The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors held a hearing on the issue of adult literacy that directed a Task Force to be formed under the direction of the Superintendent of Education. A conclusion of this Task Force was the need for a countywide literacy network. |
| The United Way of Greater Los Angeles committed to fund, form, and develop the Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles. |
| Official incorporation of the Literacy Network as a non-profit organization housed by the United Way offices in Los Angeles. The Literacy Network becomes a Community Care Provider of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles. |
| Relocation to the Los Angeles Times headquarters. As a partner to the Los Angeles Times Reading by 9 initiative, the Literacy Network expanded its scope to include the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura. |
| Inaugural Literacy in Media Awards Event;City Light Pole Banner Campaign |
| Published Inaugural Edition of That Literacy Phone Book. |
| Launched Health Literacy Poster Campaign.Usage survey reveals LNGLA tools result in 50,000 referrals/year to literacy programs. |
| Unveiled “Southern California Reads” in partnership with Verizon. |
| Launched Literacy@Work: The L.A. Workforce Literacy project.Referrals per year to literacy programs increase to 85,000. |
| Published Literacy@Work: The L.A. Workforce Literacy Project, a 198-page Report and 5-Year-Action Plan. The goal of the Plan is to build the foundation for a coordinated system to improve workforce literacy in the following areas: Intake/Skills Assessment; Performance Measurement/Quality Standards; Data Management; Business-Education Partnership Building; and Provider Capacity Building. |
| First year implementation of Literacy@Work Action Plan including: selection of Core Adult Literacy Provider Group to develop and pilot new programs, and launching of Workforce Volunteer Program and Train-the-Trainer Program. The Literacy Network received a generous grant from Chevron, the Weingart Foundation, and S. Mark Taper Foundation to support these new programs. |
| Launched Volunteer for Literacy Program, which trains and places volunteers in Service Provider Sites throughout Southern California. |
| Launched the Motheread and Literacy*AmeriCorps programs. The first annual “A Woman’s Story” luncheon was held. |
Thu, Sep 18, 2008
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