Causes: Adult Education, Children & Youth, Education, Job Training, Vocational Counseling, Youth Development - Business

Mission: To provide responsive, quality educational opportunities that will enable our students to achieve their work, civic, family, and personal goals.

Results: Nnlc helps adult learners complete and achieve further goals in education by providing free classes for high school equivalency, English as a second language, citizenship, and career training. NNLC graduated the highest number of adults through their NSE program in the state. NNLC also exceeds the state of Nevada almost three times by how many students transitioned into post-secondary education or training by 100 percent. With a commitment to improving literacy for our state, NNLC has demonstrated how a small nonprofit can impact a community, giving so many adults the opportunity to advance their education, improve career aspects, and the ability to reach their full potential. NNLC is committed to helping the "hardest to serve" to improve the Northern Nevada community as a whole.

Geographic areas served: Reno, Nevada

Programs: Adult basic education instruction grant: this program provides monies to administer programs of adult education. Adult education includes reading, writing, and math skills at a level below high school completion. Adult education programs are federally funded through the adult education and family literacy act.

english literacy civics grant: this program provides instruction for english literacy, civics, and rights and responsibilities of citizenship. It assists students to improve literacy skill levels in reading, writing, and speaking the english language, numeracy, problem solving and english language acquisition. This instruction assists them with post secondary education, training, employment and career advancement.

nevadaworks learn and earn grant: this program is used to assess, educate, train, and secure employment for out of school youth.

other educational programs for adults and families.