LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF ILLINOIS INC
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Mission Statement
Literacy Volunteers of Illinois is a statewide organization committed to developing and supporting volunteer literacy programs that help families, adults and out-of-school teens increase their literary skill.
About This Cause
The Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (LVI) was incorporated in 1979 as an independent, self-supporting tax-exempt corporation. LVI was founded by the national Literacy Volunteers of America to serve as a mid-level support system for LVA-affiliated programs. Over the years, LVI evolved into a resource and training center for all literacy programs by providing a range of services to staff, tutors, and learners in five areas - Resource and Referral, National Service. Correctional Education and Public Information and Advocacy. Resource and Referral Center This Center serves as a clearinghouse for individuals interested in becoming or accessing the services of a volunteer tutor by connecting them with literacy programs in their communities. An up-to-date Volunteer Directory of adult literacy programs and their needs, services and location is maintained by LVI and can be accessed by clicking here. LVI also conducts through the Center a spring On the Road to Literacy Conference that offers twenty-plus workshops for tutors, adults learners and program staff covering a wide range of topics in basic literacy, GED, Conversational English, and mathematics. The conference also offers annual tutor and adult learner awards. National Service LVI is a leader in National Service having sponsored six VISTA and AmeriCorps programs that in the past thirty years have engaged nearly1,300 individuals in education activities in over 150 host sites that included Head Start Centers, elementary schools, high schools, and community, faith and agency-based adult education programs throughout the state. National service programs conducted by LVI include the VISTA Literacy Corps, Project UPLIFT (Urging Partnerships in Literacy Initiatives for Families and Teens), Project I-CARE (Involving Communities in America Reads Endeavors), and Project HEART (Hines Employees As Reading Tutors). LVI's current national service program, VOCAL*AmeriCorps (Volunteer Outreach for Community Action in Literacy) has 38 full and part-time AmeriCorps members serving as Literacy Specialists in volunteer literacy programs throughout the state. Correctional Education Being struck by the staggering low literacy rates among inmate populations, LVI began its work in correctional education by helping to develop volunteer programs in adult correctional centers. From these efforts sprung the Jump Start program, an intergenerational tutoring and mentoring effort that targets retirees, especially retired teachers, to serve as volunteer tutors to incarcerated youth. The Jump Start program currently serves youth residing in the Illinois Youth Centers located in Chicago, Harrisburg, St. Charles and Warrenville. Advocacy and Special Events To raise public awareness about adult literacy and generate new resources for literacy programs, LVI participates in numerous coalitions, commissions, and advisory councils at the local, state and national level. LVI also sponsors events throughout the year.