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National Institute for Literacy
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About the Institute
The National Institute for Literacy was established in 1991 by the National Literacy Act (NLA) and reauthorized by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in 1998. In creating the Institute, the U.S. Congress recognized that building a competitive workforce required a concerted effort to improve adults' basic skills. Congress tasked the Institute with initiating a coordinated, interagency effort to strengthen and expand adult literacy services. Both laws positioned the Institute as a national leader on adult literacy, a central source of knowledge about research, practice, and policy, and a catalyst for innovation.
The Institute is authorized under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law to help children, youth, and adults learn to read by supporting and disseminating scientifically-based reading research. The Institute is responsible for:
Carrying out scientifically-based reading research that determines the most effective ways of improving the literacy skills of adults with reading difficulties and how family literacy services can best provide parents with the knowledge and skills they need to support their children's literacy development. The Institute implements this requirement by providing the appropriation authorized by Literacy Involves Families Together (LIFT) law to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to award as research grants.
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English
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- Alexa: Nifl.gov
