Mission:  The Literacy Council is a community-based, non-profit organization that provides instructional programs to improve educational skill levels in Southwest Louisiana and works to increase public awareness of literacy-related issues.

Vision:  Through its Lifelong Learning Center, the Literacy Council provides educational programs to build individual self-sufficiency, strengthen families, and ultimately enrich lives and our community as a whole.  The Council's vision is to build a strong literate community, one individual-and one family-at a time.

Programs:  The Literacy Council provides programs for adults, children and families.  Programs for adults include adult basic education, GED preparation, computer literacy, English as a second language, and workplace skills development.  Programs for children include tutoring at partner sites, tutoring for middle and high school students at the Central School, and summer programs.  Family programs include partnerships to support Early Literacy Foundations, Prime Time Family Reading Time®, Reach Out & Read and Reading is Fundamental.

The Literacy Council is located in Lake Charles, LA in the Central School Arts & Humanities Center at 809 Kirby St. on the first floor in suite 126.  For more information about the Literacy Council's programs, call 337-494-7000 or 1-888-LIT-SWLA.