Workplace literacy programs help people continue to learn while they are employed. They are located in the workplace, and benefit both the employee and the employer. Employees have opportunities to improve their literacy and basic skills, and increase their self-confidence. Employer benefits include improved health and safety, as well as quality of work.

Integrated or comprehensive literacy programs combine existing adult and child learning programs and blend them into a more effective literacy model. An example of an integrated literacy program is the 4-component model, which consists of:

• Children’s learning, where children attend a quality early childhood program or school program every day.
• Adult learning, where adults develop basic literacy skills and life skills, but also develop learning materials to use with their children at home.
• Parent and child time together (PACT), where parents go into their children’s class and play with and read to their children.
• Parent time, where parents learn about child and literacy development and community resources, and have time to network and develop mutual support with other parents.

Literacy integrated into other programs means that the program is not a stand-alone literacy program, but that literacy is incorporated into other programs, such as an Arts & Crafts program like jewelry-making. The successful literacy outcomes of these programs relate to hands-on literacy use, such as business planning, marketing, and so on.