Lake Charles Literacy Council

Our Mission

The Literacy Council's Lifelong Learning Center provides educational programs for adults and families, and works to increase public awareness of literacy issues and the need for lifelong learning.

Long known for its volunteer tutoring program, the Literacy Council is now expanding its role by opening its Lifelong Learning Center to the community. The Learning Center has been created by the Council to meet the demands of the 21st century for the new skills required in today’s information based society.
The Learning Center is located in the old Central School Arts & Humanities Center at 809 Kirby in Lake Charles and is staffed by qualified, experienced teachers who are assisted by trained volunteers.

The center offers free small group classes for adults in Workplace Essential Skills, Computer Basics, Financial Basics, Citizenship, English Language, Math, and Family Reading programs. The center also has a fully equipped computer learning lab where adults can do self-directed study. The Learning Center is partially funded by a grant from the Louisiana Department of Education, Division of Family and Technical Education.

The Literacy Council will continue to offer its one-to-one tutoring program for adults who want to improve basic skills in the areas of reading, writing, and spelling. Individual tutoring sessions can be planned for day or evening to accommodate work schedules; small group basic skills classes will also be taught by the Learning Center’s instructional staff.


	Click on link for more information: • Basic Education • English for Non-native Speakers • PASS: Plan to Achieve Student Success • Computer Learning Lab • Computer Basics • Workplace Skills • Citizenship • Reach Out & Read • Prime Time Family Reading Time® • Financial Basics • Prison Literacy Programs

The Literacy Council was founded in 1988 by the Junior League of Lake Charles, Inc. in response to a community needs assessment which pointed to low educational skills as one of the area's three most critical problems. In 1990, the Literacy Council became a United Way agency. The Literacy Council of Southwest Louisiana is an affiliate of ProLiteracy America.