Academies, Locations and Information
Volunteer USA Family Literacy Network 2011-2012
The Education Foundation of Collier County Family Literacy and Parent Involvement Outreach Program
Serves: 500 Families
Executive Director: Susan McManus
Phone: (239) 643-4755
Email: LindaLepore@educationforcollier.org
Address: 3606 Enterprise Avenue, Suite 150, Naples, Florida 34104
Collier County elementary students and their families work together to become better readers by embracing and celebrating literacy in Family Literacy/Parent Engagement programs. Through customized school programs designed to best fit the needs of their families, parents are encouraged to spend consistent, planned time with their children focused on literacy development in both home and school settings.
Volunteer USA Family Literacy Academy of Lake Wales
Serves: 65 Families
Executive Director: Deming Cowles
Phone: 863-604-8012 (Cell)
Fax: 863-679-6565
Email: demingcowles@aol.com
Address: 31 Oak Street, Babson Park, FL 33827
The Academy provides free GED/ESOL classes for parents, preschool and tutoring for their children, parenting classes, transportation, meals and social workers to help families overcome impediments to their educational progress.
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Volunteer USA Deaf Family Literacy Academy of Memphis
Serves: 25 Families
Executive Director: Vince McCaskill
Phone: (901) 416-0240
Email: vincemccaskill@gmail.com
Address: Memphis City Schools, 2485 Union Ave Memphis, TN 38112
The Academy maintains a dual role, to improve the reading skills of deaf and hard of hearing children and to teach their families to read and communicate with their children. Through American Sign Language instruction parents can become their child’s first and lifelong teacher.
Deaf Family Literacy Academy of Miami-Dade & Broward Counties
Serves: 35 Families
Executive Director: Alliete Alfano
Phone: (305) 461-4702
Fax: (305) 461-4705
Email: allietealfano@hotmail.com
Address: 301 Almeria Avenue, Suite 350, Coral Gables, FL 33134
The Deaf Family Literacy Academy serves deaf children (ages birth-12 years) and their families. The program includes home visits by a deaf mentor, language and reading instruction for deaf children, sign language instruction for parents, and Parent and Child Together activities.
Family Literacy Academy of Guilford County Reading Connections
Serves: 30 Families
Executive Director: Jenn Gore
Phone: 336-230-2223
Fax: 336-230-2203
Email: jgore@readingconnections.org
Address: 122 N. Elm Street, Suite 520 Greensboro, NC 24701
The program provides reading instruction to parents of preschool-age children with the knowledge and resources to be their children’s first teachers. The Academy also emphasizes the importance of positive parent-child interactions as a foundation for early cognitive development, including language development and early reading skills.
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Deaf Family Literacy Academy of Pinellas County-Pinellas Co. Public Library
Serves: 25 Families
Executive Director: Mary Brown
Phone: (727) 724-1525 extension 120
Email: rrodriguez@pplc.us
Address: Safety Harbor Library, 101 2nd Street, North Safety Harbor, FL 34695
The Deaf Family Literacy Academy of Pinellas, a library-based literacy program, assists families with deaf members and their young children build language, literacy and effective communication skills. Program services include home-visits, child literacy instruction, parent education and parent literacy instruction (ASL/Enlgish), parent support groups and Parent and Child Together Activities.
Family Literacy Academy of Tampa Bay
Serves: 25 Families
Executive Director: Angelica Ibarra
Phone: (813) 802-4623
Email: angelica@tampabayliteracy.org
Address: 1303 E. Spencer Street, Plant City, Florida 33563
The Family Literacy Academy of Tampa Bay provides services to children and families to help them achieve success in life through education.
Family Literacy Academy of Palm Beach County
Serves: 50 Families
Executive Director: Kelly Rowland
Phone: (561) 789-3513
Fax: (561) 865-8444
Email: kelly_sbidea@yahoo.com
Address: 629 West Drive, Delray Beach, FL 33445
The Family Literacy Academies of Palm Beach County are fully integrated 4-component family literacy programs (Adult Ed., Parent Ed., Pre- K Education, and Parent and Child Together (PACT) Time) that are housed in Title 1 elementary schools.
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Family Literacy Academy of DeSoto County
Serves: 20 Families
Executive Director: Martha Jo Markey
Phone: (863) 494-4222 ext.156
Fax: (863) 494-9181
Email: kathy.severson@desoto.k12.fl.us
Address: 530 La Solona Avenue, Arcadia, Florida 34266
The mission of the Academy is to provide a high-quality comprehensive family literacy program offering: Adult Education, Early Childhood Education/School Readiness, Parenting Education, and Parent and Child Together using thematic units.
Family Literacy Academy of Immokalee
Serves: 30 Families
Executive Director: Esmeralda Serrata
Phone: (239) 657-3649
Email: cchafl@aol.com
Address: 1800 Farmworker Way, Immokalee, FL 34142
The Family Literacy Academy of Immokalee is structured to involve the whole family, making long-term intergenerational changes to secure a healthy quality of life for the children and break the cycle of illiteracy for their parents.
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Family Literacy Academy of Apopka
Serves: 35 Families
Executive Director: Marilina Viera
Phone: (321) 256-1007
Fax: (321) 256-9411
Email: growsfamily@gmail.com
Address: 947 South Orange Blossom Trail, Apopka, FL 32703947 South Orange Blossom Trail
The Apopka GROWS Family Literacy Academy strives to serve low-income, non-English-speaking parents and their children, prek-3rd grade.
