Literacy Assistance Center

Specialties

The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) serves experienced and aspiring adult literacy practitioners by providing them with professional development opportunities that afford them the means and motivation to sustain learning throughout their careers. We also provide adult literacy programs with essential support services, including guidance on policy implementation, data support, and on-​site technical assistance. The LAC convenes networks of stakeholders, and serves as an informational resource for policy makers, funders, and advocates. In addition, the LAC provides training, curriculum design, and program development services to a variety of other organizations, institutions, and businesses that have an interest in adults’ reading, writing, oral communication, and numeracy skills.

History

Established in 1983.

Since 1983, the LAC has been working to expand and strengthen the Adult Basic Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, and High School Equivalency programs that serve New York’s most educationally disadvantaged and economically marginalized adults. Our staff has spent years in the field witnessing the power of adult literacy education to transform lives. Our expertise includes programming and curriculum design in health literacy, family literacy, civics education, and digital literacy, as well as the incorporation of language and basic skills development into occupational education courses.