Literacy Florida!
Literacy Florida! Inc. provides training and technical support for adult and family literacy programs using trained volunteers.
Literacy Florida! provides information and services to literacy volunteers and providers in program management, adult learner persistence,communications and networking, technical assistance and training, public affairs, advocacy, and student leadership.
The organization is a combined force of former Laubach Literacy and Literacy Volunteers of America affiliates as well as other community-based and agency-sponsored programs utilizing volunteers across the state. LFv is a member of ProLiteracy Worldwide.
Florida's volunteer literacy programs reach adults who read at the lowest reading level and those needing help learning English. Programs are administered through public libraries such as the Jacksonville Public Library (Florida) or by independent nonprofit groups.
Volunteers attend a basic reading workshop or a English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)workshop to learn how to tutor. ESOL tutors do not need to know a foreign language. Each program develops their own criteria for participation, but tutors are often required to be 18 years old and have a high school diploma. Most must attend a training and participate in in-service opportunities and agree to tutor weekly for six months to a year.