STAR Adult Literacy Program

To empower adults by developing their reading, writing, and English skills to improve their lives, increase their opportunities for education and employment, and enable full participation in their communities.

Sharing the Ability to Read (STAR) is a non-profit volunteer organization funded through an Adult Volunteer Literacy Grant from the Illinois Secretary of State Office, awarded to the Regional Office of Education #17 of Dewitt, Livingston, Logan, and McLean counties. STAR Adult Literacy trains and places volunteer tutors who provide English as a Second Language and Adult Basic Education instruction to adults with reading and/or math skills below the ninth-grade level. STAR recruits, tests, and matches students with trained volunteer tutors for one-on-one or small group instruction. Classes can be in-person, virtual instruction, or in a hybrid format.