[NIFL-HEALTH:4534] America's Literacy Directory

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This just in from NIFL:

Washington, DC; September 8, 2004 - The National Institute for Literacy
(NIFL) announced yesterday the launch of the newly redesigned America's
Literacy Directory (ALD) website <http://www.literacydirectory.org>
offering end-users an upgraded experience to quickly find reading, writing,
math, English as a Second Language, skills assessment, basic technology
skills, learning disability contacts, volunteer opportunities and much,
much more. 
 
America's Literacy Directory (ALD) is a national directory of literacy
service providers available via the Internet and the National Institute for
Literacy's toll-free number. The ALD connects employers, learners,
volunteers, social service agencies, and others to current information
about literacy service providers in all 50 states and the U.S. territories. 
 
For more information on the new features and how ALD can work for you, go
to: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/ald_update.html
 
____________________________________________________________________
NEW FEATURES
 
FOR GENERAL USERS
- Learners of all ages will have increased access to information about
literacy and after school programs 
- To get help for: Reading, Writing, Math, Homework. 
- To get information about GED programs and test centers. 
- To get information about Learning Disabilities and English as a second
Language programs.
- Employers will have the capability to locate basic skills program for
their employees. 
- Access to more volunteer opportunity types.
 
FOR LOCAL LITERACY PROVIDERS
- Ability to update, change or add program information. 
- New section that includes Programs for Employers.
 
FOR STATES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- Ability to control and manage service providers within state, including: 
- Ability to approve new programs and update program information. 
- Capability to retrieve data as an Excel report for targeted mail merges
or for use with multiple program levels or print service provider
directory. 
- Ability to add State-defined customized fields. 
- Sophisticated user management tool to delegate tasks to multiple
administrator levels or other types of administrators, as needed. 
- Automated address validation to verify data.
 
ALD users can access a more powerful and functionally enhanced website at
www.literacydirectory.org <http://www.literacydirectory.org> immediately to
begin searching for a literacy program near you.
 
For more information, contact Jaleh Behroozi: mailto:jbehroozi@nifl.gov or
Mary Jo Maralit mmaralit@nifl.gov, or call 202-233-2025.
 
Jaleh Behroozi Soroui
National LINCS Director
National Institute for Literacy
1775 I street, Suite 730
Washington DC, 20006
Phone: 202/233-2039
FAX: 202/233-2050


Deborah W. Yoho
Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv
Past President, SC Adult Literacy Educators
Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy Council
2728 Devine Street,  Columbia, SC  29205
803-765-2555   Fax  803-779-8417   dwyoho@earthlink.net



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