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Illinois literacy grants announced at Prairie State College
Secretary of State George Ryan announced $6 million in statewide literacy grants for 1996 targeting 187 programs. In suburban Cook and collar counties 56 programs will share $1.392 million while more than 130,000 adults seek instruction. tutor shortages limit progress, prompting a statewide recruitment drive called Its Your Call with hotline 1 800 321 9511. Prairie State College highlighted its literacy efforts with 75,500 awarded, alongside grants to South Suburban College Moraine Valley and others, and tutors emphasize four hours weekly training.
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Sec of State
George Ryan
Prairie State College
Ryan
Public Service
Cook
Collar
PSC Adult Literacy Institute
Illinois
Secretary of State
South Area
Prairie State
E. Timothy Lightfield
Lightfield
Dora Ivory
Ivory
PSC
Anthony DeAngelis
Aldo DeAngelis
Olympia Fields
Mary Graves
Bill Balthis
Lansing
Flora Ciarlo
Steger
Jack O’connor
Palos Heights
Harold Murphy
Markham
Patrick O’malley
Palos Park
Murphy
Ciarlo
O’connor
South Suburban
South Suburban College
Moraine Valley Community College
South Area Literacy Council
CYC/Robbins Youth Center
Ashland Chemical Company
Oak Forest Hospital
Cresco Steel Service Center