Wisconsin Literacy is a coalition of adult, family, and workplace literacy providers. In Wisconsin, nearly a million residents qualify for our members' services.

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On May 20, 2009, Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services was awarded accredited status by ProLiteracy Worldwide, a nonprofit educational organization that evaluates and supports local literacy...

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Wisconsin Literacy held its 7th Annual Celebration of Literacy at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison on May 7, 2009 in celebration of award-winning adult learners, tutors and literacy advocates in...

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Wisconsin Literacy held its Third Biennial Health Literacy Summit in Madison on March 31 and April 1, 2009. The summit included six plenary speakers and 28 health literacy workshops and information...

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Racine Family Literacy's story
In 2004, after eight years as a federally-funded program and with its funding not renewed......
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special topic: Health Literacy

Wisconsin Literacy held a free SW/SC Regional Health Literacy Conference on Oct. 28, 2008 at American Family Insurance in Madison. Attendees explored some of the issues surrounding health literacy...

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With funding support from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Wisconsin Literacy and the Johnson Foundation in Racine sponsored a Wingspread Conference titled Improving Health Literacy – A...

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About Health Literacy

September 1, 2008

A report released in October 2007 from the University of Connecticut School of Business titled "Low Health Literacy: Implications for National Health Policy” concluded that “low health literacy...

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