Low literacy is intrinsically linked to poor health, low educational attainment, joblessness, poor housing and poverty. In Richmond City, 16% of adults lack the literacy skills to read a bus schedule, fill out a job application or help their children with homework. In Henrico County, it is about 9% of adults and in Chesterfield it is 8%.
The READ Center’s changes lives through adult literacy. When adults learn how to read, write, do basic math, and use computers, they have the power to lift themselves out of poverty, lower health care costs, find and keep sustainable employment, and ultimately change their lives.
The figures below are for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Executive Director, Interim
Program Director
Program Coordinator
Distance Learning Coordinator
Administrative Assistant
Director of Development
Marketing & Admin. Coordinator
Teacher
Teacher
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
Teacher
Teacher & Tutor Trainer
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Altria
Atlantic Union Bank
Hanover Education Foundation
Information Security Specialist
Retired, Virginia Employment Commission
Retired, Fidelity National Title
Retired, Columbia Gas of Virginia and Massachusetts
City of Richmond
Ernst & Young
Capital One
Hunton Andrews Kurt LLP
Dominion Energy Services, Inc.
Accoustical Sheet Metal
Florance, Gordon, Brown, P.C.
Retired, Fidelity National Title
The READ Center’s 990’s can be viewed on GuideStar and on ConnectVA. If you would like a copy of 990’s or more information, please contact the READ office at frontdesk@readcenter.org or 804.288.9930.