A New Literacy Paradigm
ProLiteracy Blog:
6.01.2017 by Jennifer Paulding
Recent proposed
reductions in federal funding for adult education are bringing about an
even more challenging environment for our programs and students.
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Piecing
Together the Puzzle for Adult Literacy
While
we continue to hear verbal support for the issue of adult literacy, we continue
to see limited or diminished funding for our programs. Everyone recognizes the
need for adult literacy and supports the cause, but fewer are willing to fund
the programs needed to ensure students get services.
It
is not only the lack of federal and state funding but the ever-increasing
competition for limited private-sector resources that is making it more
difficult for local programs to raise the funds necessary to meet the growing
demand for service. This trend puts even greater pressure on the volunteers and
staff to “do more with less”.
Traditional funding sources such as United Way, the Combined Federal Campaign,
and others are looking at broader collective impact models that are difficult
for traditional literacy programs to integrate into on a sustained basis.
As
a result of these and other trends, we as a network of community-based programs
will need to adjust and respond to these new trends and strategic directions of
funders.
The
Essential Role of Adult Literacy Programs
In
addition to pressing our case in terms of the importance
of adult literacy to the workforce, families, community, and democracy, we
will need to look at new ways to describe our program benefits and our
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