Literacy

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library helps promote early literacy by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners. Find if the library is available in your area and sign your child up using the link below.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/

Turn the Page STL

5501 Delmar Boulevard, Suite A200,

St. Louis, Missouri 63112

Turn the Page STL convenes, fosters collaboration, and fills gaps in early literacy ensuring every St. Louis child has the opportunity to read proficiently. They can help connect families with tutors and other resources in the area.

https://www.turnthepagestl.org/about

YMCA Community Literacy

YMCA Community Literacy program helps children, teens, or adults gain confidence and increase their reading comprehension and word recognition skills. The program provides one-on-one literacy tutoring to those who are at least one grade level behind in reading.

https://www.gwrymca.org/community-literacy

Ready Readers

https://readyreaders.org/

Ready Readers serves under-resourced zip codes across the St. Louis metro region so that every child has the skills they need to become a successful reader. Schools and daycares can apply here.

International Institute

The International Institute’s mission is to help immigrants and their families become productive Americans and champion ethnic diversity as a cultural and economic strength. The Institute does this be providing housing; jobs; English, computer, and citizenship classes; employment training; mental health services; counseling; social work; business development microloans; small business technical assistance; and multiple other services.

3401 Arsenal St.
St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone: (314) 773-9090
www.iistl.org

Missouri Department of Adult Education and Literacy

Comprehensive listing of adult education and literacy programs for the state of Missouri.

Saint Louis Public Schools
801 N. 11th Street
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (314) 231-3720

Phone: 314-231-3720
St. Louis Adult Learning Center
5078 Kensington Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: (314) 367-5000

dese.mo.gov/adult-learning-rehabilitation-services/adult-education-literacy
dese.mo.gov/adult-learning-rehabilitation-services/adult-education-literacy/missouri-ael-programs

www.slps.org

Read from the Start (RFTS)

Read from the Start (RFTS) is a program offered through The Missouri Humanities Council, which is a family reading program geared to parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5. Not-for-profit organizations working with “at-risk” families may apply to host READ from the START. Fifteen to twenty families participate in each two-session program.

http://www.mohumanities.org/programs/readfromthestart/#toggle-id-3

St. Louis Public Library

Resources are offered for students, tutors, teachers and parents in a wide variety of areas including Youth Services, Adult Education, English as a Second Language and Community Connection. All branches offer literacy resources and information, including children and adult first-readers, parenting books on literacy and literacy tutoring instruction books.

Phone: (314) 241-2288
https://www.slpl.org

St. Louis Public Schools Adult Education and Literacy Free classes

Comprehensive listing of adult education and literacy programs for the state of Missouri.

Saint Louis Public Schools
801 N. 11th Street | St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: 314-231-3720

Adult Education and Literacy
Phone: 573-751-1249
Fax: 573-526-5710
Email: ael@dese.mo.gov