Literacy New Jersey - Sussex County Programs

For more information about LVSC, becoming a student or a tutor, please contact us at:

Literacy Volunteers of Sussex County
P.O. Box 453
Newton, NJ 07860

Phone: (973) 300-9444
Email: [email protected]

Do you want to change a life by teaching an adult to read, speak and and understand the English language? The next training session is in the Spring 2014 for those wishing to become volunte

ers. Please join our mailing list to be notified of details as the date approaches. Dates: Wednesday evenings March 12th through April 23rd
Time: 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Place:First United Methodist Church of Newton

Do You Know the Facts about Literacy? According to the National Adult Literacy Survey, approximately 44 million people in the United States cannot read well enough to fill out an application, read a food label, or read a simple story to a child.

$5 billion a year in taxes goes to support people receiving public assistance who are unemployable due to illiteracy. According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau Data available, nearly 15,000 residents over the age of 25 in both Sussex County and in Warren County do not have a high school diploma. Among the growing immigrant population in both counties, approximately 3,000 residents in each one feel isolated or limited by language communications problems. "Literacy Changes Lives."