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Web Site:
http://www.lvagnh.org
- Meriden / Wallingford
35 Pleasant St.,
Suite 1E,
Meriden, CT 06450
- 7596
Tel: (203) 774-0722
Fax: (203) 440-3138
Non-profit agency that recruits, trains, and supports volunteer literacy tutors to work with adults. All tutoring is done at sites throughout the community and is provided free of charge.
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Fixing Healthcare In America Begins With Growing Good Readers
July 27, 2015
Reading is an essential building block of learning - but it may come as a surprise to many that reading proficiency is one of the strongest predictors of overall health through adulthood. Much of the conversation about literacy is focused on the economic impact of decreased worker productivity and lost income. In doctor's offices and health systems across our country, we see first hand the effect of reading challenges on our patients and its lifetime impact on health outcomes. The relationship of literacy to health outcomes and expenditures is real, with a conservative annual and estimated price tag of $106 billion.
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