FACT SHEET

Community Resources

Referral resources in the community

National Literacy Organizations: Literacy Websites
National Adult Literacy Database
http://www.nald.ca/litweb/nation/national.htm
NALD lists will always be the most up-to-date.

Provincial Literacy Organizations
National Adult Literacy Database
http://www.nald.ca/litweb/province/province.htm

Literacy and What You Can Do
Literacy BC
http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/facts/youcando.pdf

Literacy and You: Toolkit
Successful Communication, Communications Canada
http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/successe/successe.pdf

Understanding Literacy and Crime Prevention

Taking Down The Wall Of Words: A Handbook for Community Agencies,
Part 2 (Organizational Audit)
John Howard Society
http://www.johnhoward.ca/document/Wall/wall2cvr.htm

Literacy Behind Bars: Results From the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Prison Survey
Institute of Education Sciences, US Education Department
An Introduction to Risk Factors and Protective Factors
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007473

Literacy: An Essential Ingredient Of Offender Post Release Success
Correctional Services Canada
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/releases/03-09-04_e.shtml

Helping America’s Youth
http://guide.helpingamericasyouth.gov/programtool-factors.cfm?factorID=rfs5