Literacy DuPage

Help DuPage County adults achieve their life goals through accessible and customized tutoring that improves their English-language speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills.

Literacy DuPage provides free, customized English tutoring to help adult learners reach their life skill goals.

When adult learners improve literacy, they unlock possibilities to shape their future, support themselves and their family, and engage in their community.

According to the 2023 American Community Survey, DuPage County includes:

• 54,309 adults who do not have a high school diploma.
• 88,836 individuals who speak English ‘less than well’.
• 70,756 residents living in poverty (the poverty threshold for a family of four is $31,200).
• Additionally, children of parents with low literacy skills have a 72% chance of achieving only the lowest level of literacy when they become adults, creating a cycle of illiteracy and poverty that can span generations.

Literacy DuPage works with low-income adults in DuPage County who read below the ninth-grade level or speak English at a beginning level to improve their basic reading, writing, or English language proficiency and reach their life skill goals. We recruit, train, and support tutors to provide tailored instruction to learners.

You are just three steps from a lifechanging volunteer opportunity!

1. Attend a 45-minute Meet & Greet session.
2. Complete 15 hours of training.
3. Meet with your learner 2 hours a week.

No teaching or foreign language experience needed!

Learn more at www.literacydupage.org/volunteer