We advocate against these deep cuts that will hurt adult literacy programs and their learners and families. President Donald Trump's 2018 budget proposal includes dramatic cuts to adult education funding and the complete elimination of many federal programs that support adult literacy, workforce development, and human services.

Low health literacy makes it nearly impossible for adults to fully manage their health care.

Adult education helps break the cycle of intergenerational illiteracy and poverty by giving adults the skills they need to be successful as workers and parents.

Read how one man learned to read after a life-altering accident.

ProLiteracy attended the Symposium for Lifelong Learning and made a case to integrate education into all of U.N.'s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.