Resources: For Staff at Literacy Programs
VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT THROUGH THE WEB
Idealist
Volunteer Match
Chicago Volunteer
Chicago Cares
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT
LITERACY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Program Management - LINCS Resource Collections
EdNet - Online Resources for Literacy Organizations - ProLiteracy *NEW*
LEARNER PERSISTENCE (RETENTION)
Adult Learner Persistence website - New England Literacy Resource Center
DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
Donors Forum Resource Page: Coping with the Economy
Fundraising 123 - a Network for Good resource
FACTS & STATS - TRENDS
Metro Chicago Information Center (MCIC) - Homepage
Chicago's 77 Communities - Chicago Tribune
The WIRE (Workforce Information and Resource Exchange)
Statistics on Immigrants in the US - From Migration Immigration Source
Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States - Migration Policy Institute - 2011 *NEW*
Migration Information Source - Migration Policy Institute
National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
National Assessment of Adult Literacy: Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level for 1992 and 2003 - National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2009
Reach Higher, America: Overcoming Crisis in the US Workforce
2008 Report of the National Commission on Adult Literacy
Heartland Alliance - 2009 Report on Chicago Region Poverty
Heartland Alliance - 2010 Report on Illinois Poverty - with section on Chicago *NEW*
