KINGSTON LITERACY RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING

Human Resources Development Canada is providing funding of $53,000 through the National Literacy Secretariat for two projects by Kingston Literacy.

The first project, entitled A Tool Kit-Relationship with Community and Social Services, will produce a tool kit at will outline the steps for building an effective relationship with Community and Social Services (CSS) and develop two workshop training sessions for Literacy and Basic Skills agencies and CSS staff. This project will receive $30,000 in funding.

The second project, entitled Employment Links on a Compact Disk, will receive $23,000 to produce a CD-ROM at will include a collection of resources for using computers to build employment-specific literacy skills to pre-pare adult literacy learners for work in specific entry-level jobs.