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066 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action A'ends ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. roo Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1987 - SUBJECT: u orization to sulanit the RSVP Literacy Grant DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No De xt artment on Agir2 _ K Hue Ext . 280 ATTACHMENT(S): N/A INFORMATION CONTACT: TELEPHONE NUMBER: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Chapel Hill - 958 -4501 Mebane - 227 -2031 Durham - 588 -7331 PURPOSE: To consider authorizing the submission of the RSVP application to Laubach Literacy Action for a RSVP Literacy Grant in the amount of $5,000. This would be at no cost to Orange County and is part of a national competition. If funded, a part -time program coordinator would be hired to focus attention on Northern Orange County, basically recruiting for the literacy program but also identifying other areas of volunteer interest. BACKGROUND: One of RSVP's National Program Emphasis Areas is literacy, an activity which is primarily Tutorial in focus. This grant would give RSVP the opportunity to make a significant difference in addressing the high levels of illiteracy in Orange County. There are approximately 5,000 functionally illiterate adults in this area alone. It has been proven that the children of illiterate families are much more likely to remain illiterate themselves. In order to help break this cycle of non - reading RSVP would like to work towards 60+ teaching 60 +. This RSVP project is designed - to work closely with other community agencies such as the Orange County Literacy Council and the Orange County Public Library. There would be a projected 25% increase in the number of student/ tutor pairs working on a 1 -to -1 basis to achieve reading goals in Orange County. .RECOMMENDATION(S) : Approve submission of grant application.