workforceUSA.net is
designed for the day-to-day needs of workforce development
practitioners. It provides an extensive
"virtual" library of concrete tools and other
kinds of materials to support the various activities or
"functions" workforce development professionals
perform.
URL:
http://www.workforceusa.net
A Guide to
Creating Worker-Centered Education Programs, from
the Massachusetts Worker Education Roundtable is for
teachers, program coordinators, union representatives and
others interested in creating worker-centered education
programs. It demonstrates the unique benefits,
complexities and challenges of labor-management workplace
education (for fee).
URL: www.umass.edu/roundtable
WorkKeys®,
ACT's system for identifying gaps between job requirements
and workforce skills can help improve the workforce. Employers
can also use it to identify and develop workers for a wide
range of skilled jobs.
URL: http://www.workkeys.com/
ALISON
is a free resource of high-quality interactive
certification-based learning. Courseware includes: ECDL/ICDL,
e-Citizen, BCS Unit E, Psychometric Testing and Financial
Literacy. ALISON's mission is to enable anyone, anywhere
to educate themselves for free.
URL:
http://www.alison.com
Education Online
Search is a career education portal with more than 400
career and education articles including career
descriptions, financial aid tips, advice for adult
learners, info on standardized college tests, and more.
The site also provides detailed information on hundreds of
open admission schools.
URL:
http://www.education-online-search.com/
The Online Navigator
of the United States Chamber of Commerce
provides access to resources
for hiring new employees or training and educating
existing staff. It helps employers connect to available
resources at low or no cost.
URL:
http://www.uschamber.com/cwp/navigator/default.htm
2GC is a
specialist consultancy focused on improving organizational
strategic management, strategic control and performance
measurement. 2CG consultants are thought-leaders and
expert practitioners, delivering improvements to clients
using a range of tools and techniques including the
3rd Generation Balanced
Scorecard.
URL:
www.2gc.co.uk
CareerOneStop's
competency models offer advice and tools on developing
competency-based curriculum, skill-based job descriptions,
emerging industry skill needs and career exploration and
guidance.
URL:
http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/
The results of an
economic study, Renewing U.S. Manufacturing: Promoting
a High-Road Strategy calls for policies to create a
highly productive, high-wage economy that would contribute
to other critical national goals such as environmental
sustainability, energy independence and modernizing
infrastructure.
URL:
http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp212/bp212.pdf
Workforce
Literacy: Equipping your Workforce for the 21st Century,
a booklet for business people, makes the case for
investing in workers' basic education and outlines how
basic education planning and provision can pay off for
employers.
URL:
http://www.proliteracy.org/NetCommunity/Document.Doc?id=40
Breaking
Through: Helping Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed
in College and Careers is a project that aims
to strengthen post-secondary outcomes for low-income
adults by focusing on strategies that create more
effective pathways into and through pre-college and
degree-level programs.
URL:
http://www.breakingthroughcc.org
Jump$tart is a national
coalition of organizations dedicated to improving the
financial literacy of individuals by providing advocacy,
research, standards and educational resources. Jump$tart
strives to prepare individuals for life-long successful
financial decision-making.
URL:
http://www.jumpstartcoalition.org
Working Together: A Guide to Business and Adult
Education Partnerships provides information for
businesses on finding and maintaining a skilled workforce
and on supporting adult education in their communities.
The Guide also includes resources for businesses and adult
education programs that want to build or strengthen their
partnerships.
URL:
http://www.c-pal.net/business/index.html
"Great Recession Transforms Workplace, Workforce":
this article provides examples of how workers can
retrain to stay employed.
URL:
http://www.ccweek.com/news/templates/template.aspx?articleid=1437&zoneid=7
"Employer Guide to Adult Education
for Work: Transforming Adult Education to Build a
Skilled Workforce":
this guide provides employers with a vision for new,
more effective adult education programs. Employers can
use these tools as a guide to advocate for programs that
better meet their needs.
URL:
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/Emp%20Guide%20Adult%20Ed%20Work.PDF
Engaging Employers
to Benefit Low-Income Job Seekers: Lessons from the Jobs
Initiative: this report looks at the extent to which
employers support low-income workers. In addition it
identifies the factors that promote employer practices and
policies favorable to the hiring, retention, and
advancement of low-income workers.
URL:
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/EngagingEmployers_JI.pdf
From the Entry Level to Licensed
Practical Nurse: Four Case Studies of Career Ladders in
Health Care:
this report identifies
innovative Licensed Practical Nurse training programs that
incorporate education and training into well-defined steps
of employer-sponsored career ladder opportunities that
offer financial support, classes at or near the worksite,
and clear rewards in pay and promotion for successful
completion of each step (case studies from Colorado,
Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania)
URL:
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/FromEntryLeveltoLPN.pdf
Worker ReEmployment Portal:
This site connects laid off workers
to needed resources-for training, reemployment, career
planning, financial and emotional help. Workers can
connect with local resources like One-Stop Career Centers
and explore options ranging from finding immediate
employment to retraining or moving into a whole new
career.
URL:
http://www.careeronestop.org/Default.aspx
Indiana's Forgotten Middle-Skill
Jobs: although the recession has halted current
employment growth, middle-skill jobs will account for over
half of all openings between 2006 and 2016. To unleash the
full economic benefits of these openings, Indiana will
need to continue to invest in proper training and
education for its workforce to make sure it has people
ready for those jobs.
URL:
http://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/assets/reports-/in-forgotten-ms-jobs.pdf
Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, an Ella Baker Centre
Initiative (pdf)
This guidebook provides
an overview of green-collar job training programs’ current
status and emphasizes elements of a successful program.
Case studies and training models are included which
describe a number of green-collar job training programs in
the State of California.
Helping Job Seekers Who Have Limited Basic Skills: A Guide
for Workforce Development Professionals (pdf)
This guide provides program
planners and front-line staff with advice on helping job
seekers, who have limited basic skills, to meet workplace
skill requirements so they can get and keep a job.
Strengthening One-stop Career Centers: Helping more
Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and Build Skills (pdf)
This paper explores the role
that One-Stop Career Centers play in helping the
unemployed build new skills and find new jobs. One-Stops
provide s workers with information about the
characteristics of available jobs, strategies to land the
best possible new jobs, and the benefits and costs of
enrolling in training programs.
Green Equity Toolkit: Advancing Race, Gender and Economic
Equity in the Green Economy (pdf)
This toolkit provides guidance
to employers and communities for designing, implementing,
monitoring and evaluating initiatives that establish
green-collar jobs. It can be applied to the public and/or
private sector, in both for-profit and non–profit
organizations. The toolkit provides advice on working with
those with barriers to employment, helping them to gain a
foothold in the green economy and to succeed and thrive in
the workforce.
Improving Workplace Opportunities for Limited
English-Speaking Workers: An Overview of Practice in the
Manufacturing Sector:
a
study of workplaces that are incorporating ESL
instruction to various degrees and is most useful to adult
educators delivering workplace literacy or technical
training programs; and to employers or employer
associations.
URL:
http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs78
Business Results Through Essential
Skills and Literacy:
this guidebook can be used
by businesses or literacy providers to develop assessments
of the essential skills needed in the workplace to improve
or maintain the skills necessary to stay competitive. It
also includes several business success stories and
innovative methods used to accomplish essential skills
training and the impact on the company.
URL:
http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs77
Sound Investments: Building Immigrants’
Skills to Fuel Economic Growth:
this report highlights successful strategies and
recommendations to address the needs of more immigrant
workers. It identifies a number of innovative initiatives
that are investing in low-skilled immigrant workers to
help increase their opportunities for economic
advancement.
URL:
http://economicmobilitycorp.org/index.php?page=62
How to Build Bridge Programs that
Fit into a Career Pathway: A Step-by-Step Guide Based on
the “Carreras en Salud Program” in Chicago:
this manual presents a
how-to guide on bridge programs leading to specific
careers; and relates specifically to a healthcare program
developed for Latinos in Chicago. Can also be replicated
with other ABE or ESL populations and adapted to various
vocational and technical career paths.
URL:
http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs105
Beyond Basic Skills: State
Strategies to Connect Low-Skilled Students to an
Employer-Valued Postsecondary Education:
this report describes strategies
that can be used to strengthen connections between basic
skills education and postsecondary education to help
lower-skilled adults and out-of-school youth attain the
postsecondary credentials they need to advance in the
labor market. It also includes examples of states and
local institutions that are effectively implementing one
or more of the state-level innovations.
URL:
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Beyond-Basic-Skills-March-2011.pdf
Skilling the Existing Workforce:
Unlocking productivity in your business:
This report identifies how
businesses are drawing on the full range of skilling
options and includes a diverse mix of activities such as
mentoring, coaching, in-house training and information
learning.
URL:
http://www.aigroup.com.au/portal/binary/com.epicentric.contentmanagement.servlet.
ContentDeliveryServlet/LIVE_CONTENT/Publications/Reports/2008/skilling_existing_workforce.pdf
Careerjet.com
is a job search engine that
gives job seekers access to a selection of jobs sourced
from various internet sites.
URL:
http://www.careerjet.com
The Skills and Productivity Action Plan
provides practical advice and tools to
help build workplace skills and boost productivity. The
Action Plan offers new ideas and solutions to help
organizations compete and grow. It also provides advice
for employers, workers, and job seekers.
The Skills and Productivity Action Plan Worksheets
are a companion to the Skills
and Productivity Action Plan. Organizations can use the
worksheets to set goals, identify action steps, and
implement plans to maximize skills and boost productivity.
English Language Learner University
(ELL-U): a free learning
portal for Adult ESOL Educators. ELL-U provides users with
a variety of learning activities and social networking
opportunities designed to create a community of
professional practice focused on improving ELL
instruction.
URL:
http://www.ell-u.org/about_us/
It’s Time to Talk Training – How to
develop a dialogue on skills at the workplace:
based on the experiences of
ten case study organizations, this guide highlights how
they established and sustained effective dialogue with
their workforce on training.
URL:
http://www.bis.gov.uk/files/file47079.pdf
Building Basics: ESOL Toolkit for
General Construction, Landscaping, Painting and Plumbing:
a multi-level curriculum for
teaching students that have expressed a need to learn
English within the context of the construction trades. It
provides facilitator materials and learner handouts.
URL:
http://www.valrc.org/publications/buildingbasics/index.html
Breaking Through: Helping
Low-Skilled Adults Enter and Succeed in College and
Careers:
is a guide to developing,
sustaining, and expanding strategies that create pathways
for low-skilled adults from multiple entry points to
occupational/technical certificates and degrees. It can be
used by community college leaders and by program leaders
and practitioners in adult education, workforce
development, developmental education, non-credit
continuing education, and occupational and technical
credit programs. |
URL:
http://www.jff.org/sites/default/files/BreakingThrough.pdf
Breaking Through Practice Guide:
is a compilation of practices
developed and implemented by community colleges involved
in the Breaking Through initiative from 2005 through 2008.
The tools in this guide are designed for use by
practitioners to connect adults who have low-level math
and/or reading skills with postsecondary credentials
leading to employment. The four components of the guide
are based on key strategies identified as: accelerated
learning, comprehensive support services, labor market
payoffs, and aligning programs for low-skilled adults. Of
interest is the inclusion of the contextualization
toolkit.
URL:
http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/workforce/RC_work_abs101
electronic Community of Practice:
a companion to the Virtual
Workroom on Workforce Readiness, it offers a site
where eligible educators can expand their professional
knowledge and share resources about workforce readiness.
URL:
http://www.calpro-online.org/News.asp#workforcereadiness
NC Transition Programs:
a free on-line course that
provides advice and effective strategies for starting a
successful transitional program.
URL:
http://www.abspd.appstate.edu/instruction/transition/index.html
Accommodations and Compliance
Series: Employees with Learning Disabilities:
this article discusses learning disabilities and includes
several examples of job situations to help learning
disabled employees succeed in the workforce.
URL:
http://lincs.ed.gov/lincs/resourcecollections/abstracts/programplanning/RC_plan_abs14.html
Simulated Online/Kiosk Job
Application: a simulation training program for
offenders (and other groups that don’t have access to the
internet) that provides basic information and tips for
completing online job applications.
URL:
http://nicic.gov/Library/022996
Cloud Computing: What is cloud
computing and why is it important for Adult Literacy?:
for educators and learners, this report details how cloud
computing can help centralize and connect e-learning
materials and literacy communities enabling them to share
and collaborate on resources, tools, forums and more.
URL:
http://alphaplus.ca/en/web-tools/online-publications-a-reportsgroup1/cloud-computing.html
Workplace Learning in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises:
Effective Practices for Improving Productivity and
Competitiveness: this
report looks at the value of investing in workplace
learning and training practices in Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises, and the impacts and outcomes for improved
workplace skills and organizational performance.
Strengthening One-Stop Career
Centers: Helping More Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and
Build Skills: this paper explores the role that
One-Stop Career Centers play in helping the unemployed
build new skills and find new jobs.
URL:
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2009/0402_jobs_skills_jacobson.aspx
It’s Our Right: A Showcase of
Workplace Education Programs and Learner Stories:
this Canadian
publication highlights stories of different Canadian Union
of Public Employees locals across Canada that have
successfully taken on the challenge of setting up
workplace education programs.
URL:
http://library.nald.ca/learning/item/8117
Sound Investments: Building
Immigrants’ Skills to Fuel Economic Growth:
this report identifies strategies and recommends policy
reforms to address the needs of immigrant workers. It also
highlights a number of innovative initiatives that are
investing in low-skilled immigrant workers to increase
their opportunities for economic advancement.
URL:
http://economicmobilitycorp.org/index.php?page=62
Effective models of employment-based
training: this research
explores a variety of current employment-based training
models and proposes five enhancements for higher-level
qualifications. These changes concentrate on maintaining a
balance of learning experiences between educational
institutions and the workplace.
URL:
http://www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1990.html
Business Value Assessment of
Work-Based Learning: Findings from Research into Temple
University Hospital-Episcopal Campus’s Work-Based Learning
Program for Mental Health Workers:
this paper describes the training model
and discusses the value of the training to the hospital
and employees.
URL:
http://www.aspenwsi.org/publicationdetailsdb.asp?pid=46
The Return on Investment from
Adult Education and Training: Measuring the Economic
Impact of a Better Educated and Trained U.S. Workforce:
this report contends that
adult education and career training is potentially one of
the most cost-effective tools for economic recovery.
URL:
http://www.mcgraw-hillresearchfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/the-return-on-investment-from-adult-education-and-training.pdf
Student Success Stories from the
Shifting Gears Initiative:
Shifting Gears is an initiative to promote economic
growth in the Midwest by improving the education and
skills training of the workforce in five states ―
Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. These
states are strengthening connections between education and
training systems to make sure that low-skilled adults gain
the education and skills they need to get a good job with
the potential for career advancement.
URL:
http://www.clasp.org/postsecondary/publication?id=0958&list=publications
Profitable: Flexible Workplace
for ALL Workers:
in this audio conference you
will hear about employers who operate differently and help
their employees perform well; you'll also learn what
happens when low wage workers are not given that chance.
Read online:
http://www.clasp.org/resources_and_publications/publication?id=0809&list=publications
Download
audio:
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/CLASP_090910_1230pmet.mp3
Workforce Development: New
Opportunities for Creating Pathways to Good Jobs and
Sustainability Employment:
this audio conference
highlights opportunities for addressing the needs of
low-skill workers and linking training to job creation and
retention efforts.
Download
audio:
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0508.mp3
Additional pdf:
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Workforcedevelopnewopps_transcript_03042009.pdf
Making the Employment Connection:
New Opportunities to Develop Transitional Jobs Programs:
this audio conference
highlights Transitional Jobs programs which help
individuals (with barriers to employment) enter and
succeed in the labor market.
Download
audio:
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/0500.mp3
Additional pdf:
http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/Makingemploymentconnection_transcript_03182009.pdf
State
literacy resource centers assist adult education
practitioners in locating and accessing the most current
materials in their issue area:
Alabama Adult
Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
5343 Gordon Persons Building
50 North Ripley Street, P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, AL 36130-2101
Tel: (334) 242-8181
Toll Free: (800) 392-8086 (Alabama only)
Fax: (334) 242-2236
E-mail: macaluso@sdenet.alsde.edu
Alaska
State Literacy Resource Center
Nine Star Enterprises
125 West Fifth Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501
Tel: (907) 279-7827
E-mail: tommyeb@ninestar.com
URL: http:/literacynet.org/alaska/home.html
Arkansas
Adult Learning Resource Center
3905 West 81st, Suite D
Little Rock, AR 72209
Tel: (501) 907-2490
Toll Free: (800) 832-6242 (Arkansas only)
Fax: (501) 907-2492
E-mail: espurgin@aalrc.org
URL: http://www.aalrc.org/
State
Literacy Resource Center of California
California State Library
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
Tel: (916) 653-8032
Fax: (916) 653-8443
E-mail: ctalan@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/slrc/slrchome.html
Colorado
State Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
201 East Colfax Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
Tel: (303) 866-6914
Fax: (303) 866-6947
E-mail: Fawcett_D@cde.state.co.us
URL: http://www.cde.state.co.us/
Connecticut
Literacy Resource Center
Division of Community Education and Employment
Services
Capitol Region Education Council
111 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Tel: (860) 524-4043
Fax: (860) 246-3304
E-mail: atyskiewicz@crec.org
URL: http://www.crec.org/lc/index.shtml
New
England Literacy Resource Center/World Education
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210-1211
Tel: (617) 482-9485
Fax: (617) 482-0617
URL: http://www.nelrc.org
Delaware State
Literacy Resource Center
ACE Network
P.O. Box 639
Dover, DE 19903
Tel: (302) 739-5556
Fax: (302) 739-5565
E-mail: mwhelan@den.k12.de.us
District
of Columbia Literacy Resource Center
901 G Street, NW, Room 300
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 727-1616
TTY: (202) 727-2255
Fax: (202) 727-1129
E-mail: dclrc@yahoo.com
URL: http://dclibrary.org/mlk/literacy/
Georgia
Department of Technical and Adult Education
Office of Adult Literacy
1800 Century Place, NE, Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 30345-4304
Tel: (404) 679-1635
Fax: (404) 679-1630
E-mail: mdelaney@dtae.org
URL: http://www.dtae.org/
Hawaii
Literacy Office
465 South King Street, Room B-1
Honolulu, HI 96813
Tel: (808) 831-6878
Fax: (808) 831-7899
E-mail: sueberg@gte.net
URL: http://literacynet.org/hawaii.about.html
Northwest
Regional Literacy Center
2120 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2219
Tel: (206) 587-4988
Toll Free: (800) 238-1234 (ID, MT, OR, WA, WY only)
Fax: (206) 587-4900
E-mail: nwrlrc@literacynet.org
URL: http://literacynet.org/nwrlrc/
Secretary
of State Literacy Office/Resource Center (Illinois)
431 South Fourth Street
Springfield, IL 62701
Tel: (217) 785-6921
Toll Free: (800) 665-5576 (Illinois only)
TTY: (800) 528-0844
Fax: (217) 785-6927
E-mail: jrake@library.sos.state.il.us
URL: http://literacy.kent.edu/~illinois/
Indiana
Literacy and Technical Education Resource Center
Indiana State Library and Historical Building,
Room 208
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Tel: (317) 233-5200
Toll Free: (800) 233-4572 (Indiana only)
Fax: (317) 233-3728
E-mail: ilterc@statelib.lib.in.us
URL: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/inrc/hp14.html
Iowa
Literacy Resource Center
415 Commercial Street
Waterloo, IA 50701
Tel: (319) 233-1200
Toll Free: (800) 772-2023
Fax: (319) 233-1964
E-mail: sixta@www.neirls.org
URL: http://www.readiowa.org/
Kansas
State Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
120 South East 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
Tel: (785) 296-7159
TTY: (785) 296-8170
Fax: (785-296-7933
URL: http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/commcoll/kslrc.html
Kentucky
Department for Adult Education and Literacy
Capital Plaza Tower, Third Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
Tel: (502) 564-5114
Toll Free: (800) 928-7323
Fax: (502) 564-564-5436
E-mail: reecied.stagnolia@mail.state.ky.us
URL: http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/wforce/dael/index.htm
Louisiana
State Literacy Resource Center
State Department of Education
Office of School and Community Support
Division of Adult Education and Training
P.O. Box 94064
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064
Tel: (225) 342-9442
Fax: (225) 219-4439
E-mail: PDWall@aol.com
URL: http://www.leeric.lsu.edu/slrc/
Centre for
Adult Learning and Literacy (Maine)
University of Maine
5766 Shibles Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5766
Tel: (207) 581-2498
Fax: (207) 581-2423
E-mail: evelyn.beaulieu@umit.main.edu
Maryland
State Adult Literacy Resource Center
UMBC, Education Department
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
Tel: (410) 455-6725
Toll Free: (800) 358-3010
Fax: (410) 255-1139
E-mail: ira@umbc.edu
URL: http://www.research.umbc.edu/~ira/
Massachusetts
State Literacy Resource Center
System for Adult Basic Education Support
44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210
Tel: (617) 482-9485
Toll Free: (800) 447-8844
TTY: (800) 447-8844
Fax: (617) 482-0617
E-mail: swaldron@worlded.org
URL: http://www.sabes.org/
Michigan
Adult Learning and Technology Center
Central Michigan University
219 Ronan Hall
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
Tel: (517) 774-7690
Fax: (517) 774-2181
E-mail: virginia.watson@cmich.edu
URL: http://www.malt.cmich.edu/
Literacy
Training Network Resource Center (Minnesota)
University of St. Thomas
Mail #MOH217
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Tel: (615) 962-4440
Fax: (615) 962-4169
E-mail: dasimmons@stthomas.edu
Mississippi
State Literacy Resource Center
Governor's Office of Literacy
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211
Tel: (601) 432-6591
Toll Free: (800) 325-7323
Fax: (601) 432-6449
E-mail: williams@ihl.state.ms.us
URL: http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/gol
Literacy
Investment for Tomorrow (Missouri)
500 Northwest Plaza, Suite 601
Saint Ann, MO 63074
Tel: (314) 291-4443
Toll Free: (800) 729-4443
Fax: (314) 291-7385
E-mail: lift@icon-stl.net
URL: http://literacy.kent.edu/~missouri/
Nebraska
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
University of Nebraska
Department of Vocational and Adult Education
222 Bancroft Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0345
Tel: (402) 472-8331
Toll Free: (800) 332-0265
Fax: (402) 472-8319
E-mail: bsparks1@unl.edu
URL: http://literacy.kent.edu/~nebraska/
Nevada
Literacy Coalition
Nevada State Library and Archives
100 North Stewart Street
Carson City, NV 89701-4285
Tel: (775) 683-3340
Toll Free: (800) 445-9673 (Nevada only)
TTY: (702) 687-8338
Fax: (775) 683-3311
E-mail: ebell@clan.lib.nv.us
URL: http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/literacy/
Adult
Learning Center (New Hampshire)
4 Lake Street
Nashua, NH 03060
Tel: (603) 882-9080
Fax: (603) 882-0069
E-mail: Dowen@adultlearningcenter.org
URL: http://www.adultlearningcenter.org/
Adult
Literacy Enhancement Center (New Jersey)
Professional Development Office
1090 King George Post Road, Suite 1001
Edison, NJ 08837
Tel: (732) 225-8508
Fax: (732) 225-0235
E-mail: jbuongio@doe.state.nj.us
URL:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/
New
Mexico Coalition for Literacy / New Mexico Literacy
Resource Center
P.O. Box 6085
Santa Fe, NM 87502-6085
Tel: (505) 982-3997
Toll Free: (800) 233-7587 (New Mexico only)
Fax: (505) 982-4095
E-mail: nmcl@newmexico.com
URL: http://www.nmcl.org/
New
York State Literacy Hotline
Husted 208
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Tel: (518) 442-5372
Toll Free: (800) 331-0931
Fax: (518) 442-5021
E-mail: mrv@cnsunix.albany.edu
URL: http://www.albany.edu/twoyear/hotline.html
North
Carolina Literacy Resource Center
Caswell Building, Fifth Floor
200 West Jones Street
5025 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-5025
Tel: (919) 733-7051
Toll Free: (800) 553-9759 (North Carolina only)
Fax: (919) 715-5796
E-mail: nclrc@ncccs.cc.nc.us
URL: http://www.nclrc.state.nc.us/home/
North
Dakota Adult Education and Literacy Resource Center
NDAELRC
1121 North 13th Street, Suite 3
Bismarck, ND 58501-4291
Tel: (701) 224-1969
Fax: (701) 224-1989
E-mail:
laljets@tic.bisman.com
URL: http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/adulted/index.shtm
Ohio
Literacy Resource Center (The)
Kent State University
Research 1--1100 Summit Street
P.O. Box 5190
Kent, OH 44242-0001
Tel: (330) 672-2007
Toll Free: (800) 765-2897 (Ohio only)
Fax: (330) 672-4841
E-mail: olrc@literacy.kent.edu
URL:
http://literacy.kent.edu/
Oklahoma
Literacy Resource Center
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
200 Northeast 18th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298
Tel: (405) 522-3205
Toll Free: (800) 522-8116
Fax: (800) 397-8116
E-mail: lgelders@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
URL: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/literacy/
Northwest
Regional Literacy Resource Center
2120 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2219
Tel: (206) 587-4988
Toll Free: (800) 238-1234 (ID, MT, OR, WA, WY only)
Fax: (206) 587-4900
E-mail: nwrlrc@literacynet.org
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/nwrlrc/
Advance
State Literacy Resource Center (Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania Department of Education
333 Market Street, 11th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
Tel: (717) 783-9192
Toll Free: (800) 992-2283
TTY: (717) 783-8445
Fax: (717) 783-5420
E-mail: lstasiulat@state.pa.us
URL: http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/able/slrc.html
Literacy
Resources (Rhode Island)
Brown University
P.O. Box 1974
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: (401) 863-2839
Fax: (401) 863-3094
E-mail: janet_isserlis@brown.edu
URL: http://www.brown.edu/Department/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources
South Carolina
Literacy Resource Center
1722 Main Street, Suite 104
Columbia, SC 29201
Tel: (803) 929-2563
Toll Free: (800) 277-READ (7323) (South Carolina only)
Fax: (803) 929-2571
E-mail: SCLRC@aol.com
South
Dakota Literacy Resource Center
State Library
800 Governor's Drive
Pierre, SD 57501
Tel: (605) 773-3131
Toll Free: (800) 423-6665 (South Dakota only)
Fax: (605) 773-6962
E-mail: dan.boyd@state.sd.us
URL: http://www.state.sd.us/deca/literacy/
Center for
Literacy Studies (Tennessee)
University of Tennessee--Knoxville
600 Henley Street, Suite 312
Knoxville, TN 37996-4135
Tel: (423) 974-4109
Fax: (423) 974-3857
E-mail: mziegler@utk.edu
Texas
Center for Adult Literacy and Learning
Texas A&M University
College of Education, EAHRD Department
TAMU-3256
College Station, TX 77843-3256
Tel: (409) 845-6615
Toll Free: (800) 441-7323 (Texas only)
Fax: (409) 845-0952
E-mail: hsmith@coe.tamu.edu
URL: http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/
Utah
Literacy and Adult Education Resource Center
Utah State Office of Education
250 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-3204
Tel: (801) 538-7824
Toll Free: (800) 451-9500 (Utah only)
Fax: (801) 538-7882
E-mail: dsteele@usoe.k12.ut.us
URL: http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/adulted/home.htm
Vermont
Literacy Resource Center
Vermont Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620
Tel: (802) 828-5148
Fax: (802) 828-3146
E-mail: wross@doe.state.vt.us
URL: http://www.state.vt.us/educ/vlrc
Adult
Learning and Resource Center (Virginia)
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842020
1015 West Main Street
Richmond, VA 23284-2020
Tel: (804) 828-6521
Toll Free: (800) 237-0178
Fax: (804) 828-7539
E-mail: vdesk@vcu.edu
URL: http://www.vcu.edu/aelweb/
Northwest
Regional Literacy Resource Center
2120 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2219
Tel: (206) 587-4988
Toll Free: (800) 238-1234 (ID, MT, OR, WA, WY only)
Fax: (206) 587-4900
E-mail: nwrlrc@literacynet.org
URL: http://www.literacynet.org/nwrlrc/
Division
of Technical and Adult Education Services (West Virginia)
State Department of Education
Building 6, Room 230
Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
Tel: (304) 558-6318
Fax: (304) 558-3946
E-mail: lbmiller@access.k12.wv.us
URL: http://wvabe.state.k12.wv.us/
Wisconsin
Literacy Resource Network
P.O. Box 7874
310 Price Place
Madison, WI 53707-7874
Tel: (608) 266-3497
TTY: (608) 267-2483
Fax: (608) 266-1690
E-mail: muellej@board.tec.wi.us
URL: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/
Wyoming
Literacy Resource Center
ALT/College of Education
P.O. Box 3374
Laramie, WY 82071
Tel: (307) 766-3970
Fax: (307) 766-6668
E-mail: amstutz@uwyo.edu