GRANT AWARDED TO HELP ADULT LITERACY

Somerset County Library System of New Jersey has been awarded a $99,084 grant from The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide 84 adult community members with basic skills training through an Adult Literacy and Community Library Partnership Pilot Program.
Designed to improve the English language proficiency and adult basic education skills of those adults who are unemployed, underemployed, or needing remedial instruction in Somerset County and the surrounding area, the program will emphasize preparation for high school equivalency testing. Additionally, the program will promote life and workplace skills, family literacy, civics, digital literacy, and job readiness skills. English for speakers of other languages classes will focus on conversation, grammar, citizenship, and life skills.
The Adult Literacy and Community Library Partnership Pilot Program will take place at SCLSNJ’s Bound Brook Memorial Library, Manville Library, and North Plainfield Memorial Library branches. A summer session and a fall session will be offered.