This section of the Literacy Volunteers of America web site provides you with an overview of literacy in America from a National perspective--literacy rates, profiles of adult non-readers, causes of low literacy, economic impacts of literacy problems, and a definition of a key term: "functional illiteracy." We also provide you with a link to current "synthetic estimates" of functional illiteracy rates in every American municipality of 5,000 or more adults.

Click here for a table of contents for the "LVA and Literacy Information" section of the Literacy Volunteers of America Web Site.

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LVA's 1999 Strategic Initiatives