Susan Robinson: Northern Nevada Literacy Council 080115

www.nnic.org Susan Robinson, Executive Director of the Northern Nevada Literacy Council a 501 (c) 3 community-based, not-for-profit organization which offers education and training for adult learners is our guest today. To date, hundreds of students have successfully obtained their diplomas with students passing every day. NNLC students are getting better paying jobs, enrolling into college and/or pursuing a career in the trades. The doors of opportunity are now wide open for them! The numbers don’t lie. Low literacy is a global crisis that affects all of us. That's why it's so important to understand the issues and confront the facts head on. Only then can we can stand together to fight for change. In the United States, 14% of adults read at or below a 5th grade level. 29% only read at the eighth grade level and among those with the lowest literacy rates, 43% live in poverty. Let’s boil it down to another startling fact. 75% of state prison inmates did not complete high school or can be classified as low literate. From a health perspective, low literacy adds an estimated $230 billion dollars to the country’s annual health care costs. From a workforce perspective, low literacy costs the United States about $225 billion dollars each year in non-productivity and loss of tax revenue due to unemployment. www.CheriHillShow.com www.SageIntl.com www.NevadaRealEstateRadio.com