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NJRC & HCCC Literacy Forum

November 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE & NEW JERSEY REENTRY CORPORATION LITERACY FORUM

Incarceration, Children, and Literacy

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Culinary Conference Center
161 Newkirk St, Jersey City

For Information Contact:
Ifrancis@njreentry.org
551.220.4472

Key Insights:

  • US Department of Justice:
    “The link between academic failure and delinquency, violence, and crime is welded to reading failure.”
  • Annie E. Casey Foundation:
    “The process of dropping out begins long before high school.”
  • Statistics:
    70% of all incarcerated adults cannot read at a fourth-grade level.
    High school dropouts are 3.5 times more likely than high school graduates to be arrested in their lifetime.

Focus:
Connecting children and parents in justice-involved families through literacy-rich experiences and environments.

Program Highlight:
Children of Prison Inmates encourages reading through storytelling, book giveaways, and voice recordings shared with family members.

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