Nassau and Suffolk Join Forces to Fight Against Adult Literacy Budget Cuts
April 8, 2010
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(Farmingdale, N.Y.)–Students, volunteer tutors and administrators from adult literacy programs across Long Island will join together at Farmingdale Public Library to show their support for the program and call on state lawmakers to restore funding to the statewide Adult Literacy Education (ALE) program.
Details of the press conference are as follows:
Who: Literacy New York (LNY)
Literacy Nassau County, Inc.
Literacy Suffolk County
Where: Farmingdale Public Library
116 Merritts Road
Farmingdale, NY 11735-3251
When: Friday, April 9, 2010 12 noon
The current state budget proposals would cut more than $2 million – or about one-third of all state funding to literacy assistance programs across New York. This cut is in addition to a $612,000 cut under the 2009-10 Deficit Reduction Plan (DRP). With last year’s DRP reduction of funding, literacy programs throughout the state are now faced with a nearly 40 percent potential cut from last year’s funding level.
“Twenty-two percent of New Yorkers are below basic literacy level,” said Kevin Smith, executive director of Literacy New York. “And every year thousands of New Yorkers volunteer their time to help others learn how to read and become less dependent. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the value of their contributed volunteer time would have been approximately $6.5 million. We understand these are tough times; we are not asking for what our program is worth, only enough so our doors don’t have to close.”
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