About NNLC

Northern Nevada Literacy Council (NNLC) is a community-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide minority, low-income, adult learners with the opportunity to reach their educational and career goals. NNLC provides adult basic education classes helping those seeking a high school equivalency, English Language Acquisition to improve English literacy for the foreign-born, citizenship classes to prepare for the USCIS naturalization exam and interview, the Family Reading Program as a holistic approach to literacy and education in the home, and an out-of-school youth program supporting youth in achieving a high school equivalency and enter into training and employment.

For over 45 years, NNLC has served the “most-in-need/hardest to serve” adult learners who face poverty, language issues, and low literacy levels. More than 40% of participants entered at one of the six beginning levels of literacy. More than 17% report the highest education level they completed was the eighth grade or lower. NNLC is successful at educating this at-risk low-income population with 62% of participants advancing one more educational functional level. NNLC anticipates a 15% increase in Adult Basic Education enrollments each year for the next three years as this community recovers from the COVID-19 health crisis and many who are out of work begin to seek new employment opportunities.