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Work Plan /Performance Measures <br />Total Number of Unduplicated Volunteers: 575 <br />According to the 2000 U.S. Census Data, approximately 8,60o adults 25 years of age and older in <br />Orange County are in need of literacy services. This includes adults who have neither finished high <br />school nor received their GED. It does not include i8 to 25 year olds who meet this definition. <br />According to the Executive Director of the Orange County Literacy Council, there are a variety of <br />reasons for this number, including: <br />-Some students are in GED classes with a community college in the adjacent county and find they <br />Trained RSVP volunteers will be matched by Orange County Literacy Council (OCLC) staff with <br />adult learners (students) as tutors in English or English as a Second Language or as board members. <br />Page 14 <br />