These numbers are staggering. Did you know in the State of GA that 43% of African American and 38% of Hispanics 8th graders read below the 5th grade level. Over 50,772 teens ages 16-19 neither work nor attend school. We must change these statistics or we risk losing another generation of children to high drop-out rates and dead-end jobs.
Illiteracy costs Georgia $2.6 billion annually in lost wages and reduced productivity, and it costs American businesses more than $60 billion each year in lost productivity and health and safety issues; 75% of unemployed adults have reading or writing difficulties. Get involved, “It truly does take a village to raise a child”. ~ A Titus Man
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