Literacy Kansas City

Literacy KC offers a welcoming community for adults and families to improve literacy skills and enhance quality of life. With support from volunteers, donors, partners and the community at large, Literacy KC invests in Kansas City's greatest asset - our people. Our complementary, mutually reinforcing suite of programs offers something for everyone. Based on research and a focus on best practice and community learning, Literacy KC is revolutionizing the way adult education is delivered through our Ticket to Read program. Each class is led by a certified instructor and supported by a team of trained volunteer tutors. Curriculum is relevant, responsive, level-appropriate, and differentiated for each student through the help of the tutors. Each student identifies academic and personal goals and instructors design lesson to help them meet these goals. Let's Read, our family reading program, is a multi-generational approach to building a tradition of reading in the home. Through ...

Relocation Campaign - To secure the physical facility needed to provide the growing programs, Literacy KC launched a relocation campaign. A relocation and capacity building effort will allow for additional students, families, and programs. With increased space achieved through the campaign and the growth potential of each program, Literacy KC will expand in number served on-site from 1,500 in 2017 to 3,000 by 2020. The campaign allows Literacy KC to move to a better and more strategic location surrounded by referral partners and like-minded social service agencies. Literacy KC will be able to increase the number of classrooms from one to four, have a dedicated family reading program space, an adult basic education library, access to the second busiest bus stop in the city, and multiple community partners within walking distance.