This is something we definitely need to tap into. There has also been significant print response and coverage of both campaign ads and locally planned campaign activities. Literacy now requires increased job skills, high-level problem solving abilities, and computer literacy. Voters will encourage legislators to sponsor and support bills supporting literacy. Policymakers will invest more in literacy funding and promote collaboration for literacy across agency lines.
Literacy is related to many policy issues.
It can help strengthen the economy, economic competitiveness, and the family, while helping to reduce unemployment, dependency on public assistance, and crime. Employees' literacy skills have a direct impact on improving employers' bottom lines. YOU can Support NIFL's National Public Awareness Campaign Almost all states, and many territories, are actively involved in the NIFL public awareness campaign. Whether or not you want to be directly involved, consider using the campaign information kits. They include fact sheets on different literacy issues and ways to support local programs, as well as campaign posters and bookmarks.