Section 3035.200  Purpose

a)         The Adult Literacy Grant Program is part of the Literacy Grant Program established by Section 7.2 of the State Library Act [15 ILCS 320/7.2] to develop, expand or support adult, family and workplace literacy programs in Illinois through local community programs administered by education agencies, libraries, public and private employers, volunteer or community-based organizations, or a coalition of any of these entities.

b)         The purposes of the 3 types of literacy programs are:

1)         Adult literacy program will provide instruction in literacy to persons 16 years or older who read or compute below a 9^th grade level.

2)         Workplace literacy program will provide services at their place of business to assess the educational skill levels of, and to provide direct instructional services for, adults employed or available to be employed by an Illinois employer who read, write, comprehend or compute below a 9.0 grade level in English.

3)         Family literacy program will provide direct instructional services to parents and children, and reciprocal parent-child learning activities for another family literacy program offered to adult caregivers and their children.  Family literacy services may include services to the clients of residential domestic violence shelters.

c)         The features of each of the three types of literacy programs are delineated in Exhibit A of this Part.