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ABC Literacy Resources

ALTERNATE NAME

ABC Prison Literacy Program

PHONE

609-924-0667 - Lois Young

609-924-7594 - Marcia Van Dyck

EMAIL

ABCDDD@verizon.net

INTERNET ADDRESS

http://www.abcliteracy.org

ADMINISTRATOR

Lois Young and Marcia Van Dyck

 

DESCRIPTION

An organization which supports Adults with Learning Disabilities

and the Prison Literacy Program at the New Jersey State Prison.

One-on-one tutoring is used to teach more than 230 students

to read and write in cooperation with the L.I.F.E. program

(Learning Is For Everyone) and with the help of ABC Prison

Literacy professionals.  The organization has connections with

other NJ correctional institutions.

PROGRAMS

Literacy program advocacy

Enrichment classes for inmate volunteers

Poetry class

Annual drive for L.I.F.E. students

Speakers Bureau

Library

FOUNDED

2000

SUBJECTS

Advocacy

Education - Adult

Libraries

Literature and Writing

Tutoring

LAST UPDATED

6/08

65 Witherspoon St., Princeton, NJ 08542 | 609.924.9529 | Share your ideas and comments: comments@princetonlibrary.org