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 To view meeting: https://youtu.be/TaU0TcgoakI April 2, 2022 – Joe Alfano, Director of Development, with the York County Literacy Council spoke at our weekly meeting. Joe announced that the York County Literacy Council (YCLC) has served the York area for over 45 years and continues its mission to teach literacy skills, in English, to empower adults for successful engagement in the home, workplace, and community. YCLC provides free classes for adults in York County, who are not able to read, write, perform basic math functions, speak and comprehend English. Instruction ranges from pre-literate to preparing to pass GED exam for those seeking to earn their High School Equivalency credential in the state of Pennsylvania. Health literacy, computer literacy, financial literacy and workplace literacy are also taught in classes and through workshops. They have free GED classes to instruct students as they work to pass their GED/HISET exam. Beginning in May 2017, the York County Literacy Council extended its services to become the GED test site in York County. The Career Pathways Program provides an opportunity for health care students to receive instruction on characteristics of professionalism and preliminary vocabulary, medical math, anatomy and physiology before entering their health care studies at York County School of Technology. Additional Career Pathways such as manufacturing and information & technology are in development stages. It is estimated there are approximately 45,000 adults (1 out of 7) in York County who are functionally illiterate. |