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<font size=3>There is a perception that Title II WIA is the literacy
system in the U.S. and that data that describe the Title II system, such
as the NRS report, generalize to adult literacy in general. This is
not true for some states. Title II in NJ accounts for about 13
million dollars. Yet when we compute the amount that goes to adult
literacy in NJ from all state and federal sources, we come up with about
100 million. About 1/3 flows through the Dept. of Education, 1/3
flows through Labor and 1/3 flows through Human Services. These
figures are conservative because they do not include community college
developmental skills courses or funds that go to adult literacy from
programs that are not solely dedicated to literacy [e.g. some job
training programs]. </font></html>