Literacy Services of Wisconsin
serves more than 600 students a year who learn to read, spell, speak English or study for their G.E.D.
Sixteen percent or 96,000 Milwaukee residents do not have a high school diploma.
One million adults are in need of adult literacy services – only 5% or 50,000 are receiving them.
Thirty-six percent of immigrants in
Milwaukee (41,000) speak little or no English.
The National Institutes of Health report that $75 billion dollars are lost every year from patients’ inability to read a prescription or doctor’s orders, necessitating emergency medical treatment.
Literacy Services of Wisconsin helps adults to read, write, speak English and get a high school equivalency degree. Every day students walk through our doors, overcoming stigma and fear, with a desire to learn.