The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) awarded 40 different schools across the state of Texas with $83 million grants to advance adult education and literacy programs.
Del Mar College and Region 2 Education Service Center were the Coastal Bend schools among the list.
“Historically, in the Coastal Bend, we do see an increased need to provide the adult education literacy services,” Dr. Leonard Rivera, the Associate Vice President of Continuing Education said.
Rivera told Neighborhood News reporter Alexis Scott that the $1.2 million grant from the TWC will help more than 900 students a year through the college’s adult education programs.
According to the Corpus Christi Literacy Council , Texas has the fourth lowest literacy rate of 81%, with 19% of adults lacking basic literacy skills. Many of them don’t have their high school diplomas.
The council’s mission is to identify, develop, promote and coordinate comprehensive programs and resources that will measurably reduce functional illiteracy in the Corpus Christi area.