Literacy Information

One in five -- or about 20 percent -- of all adults in Delaware cannot read well enough to function in our society.
LVSA volunteers receive 21 hours of professional training and commit to 100 hours of volunteer tutoring service.
On average, more than 150 people are on the waiting list for a tutor.
Last year volunteer tutors contributed 16,000 hours of service, worth $400,000, to improve literacy in Delaware.
LVSA’s one-to-one approach is the key to our success. People helping people on a personal, interactive, individual basis has proven to be the most effective way to improve literacy in adults.
LVSA students include basic literacy students (native-born, English-speaking adults) and ESL students (foreign-born adults).
Since 1982, LVSA has served more than 2,500 adults.

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