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Downstate Illinois
Adult Education/Literacy Providers

This list represents providers who are registered with the Illinois Adult Learning Hotline (800/321-9511).

Belleville

Regional Office of Education - St. Clair County
1000 South Illinois Street
Belleville, Illinois 62220
Contact: Jane Alberter
Phone: 618/825-3979

Southwestern Illinois Community College
2500 Carlyle Road
Belleville, Illinois 62221
Contact: Brenda Boggs
Phone: 628/222-5462
http://www.swic.edu/adultbasiced/literacyprograms.htm

Cairo

Regional Office of Education #2 - Ullin
2430 Walnut Street.
Cairo, Illinois 62914
Contact: Edwin Shoemate
Phone: 618/734-4211

Canton

Spoon River College
23235 North County Rd. 22
Canton, Illinois 61520
Contact: Jody McCamey
Phone: 309/649-6225
Website: http://www.src.edu/

Carbondale

Carbondale Community High School
205 N. Oakland
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Contact: Ms. June Hickey
Phone: 618/549-8232

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Evaluation & Developmental Center
500-C Lewis Lane
Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Contact: Kendra Humphreys
Phone: 618/453-2331
Website: http://www.siu.edu/~rehabedc/support/edc_index.html

Carlinville

Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin Regional Office
85 Carlinville Plaza
Carlinville, Illinois 62626
Contact: Judy Bates
Phone: 217/854-3913

Carterville

John A. Logan College
700 Logan College Rd.
Carterville, Illinois 62918
Project Director: Sharon Colombo
Phone: 618/985-3741 ext. 8442
http://www.jal.cc.il.us/

Centralia

Kaskaskia College
27210 College Rd.
Centralia, Illinois 62801
Project Director: Lisa Atkins
Phone: 618/545-3110
Website: http://www.kaskaskia.edu/

Champaign

Parkland College
Project READ
2400 W. Bradley Ave., Room E106
Champaign, Illinois 61821
Contact: Ruth Ann Evans
Phone: 217/351-2390
Website: http://www.parkland.edu/awe/literacy.html

The Reading Group
3011A Village Office Place
Champaign, Illinois 61822
Contact: Kathy Wimer
Phone: 217/351-9144
Website: http://www.readinggroup.org/

Chester

Monroe/Randolph ROE
#1 Taylor St., Room 101
Chester, Illinois 62233
Director: Shari Crockett
Phone: 618/826-5471

Danville

Danville Area Community College
The Reader's Route
2000 E. Main St.
Danville, Illinois 61832
Program Coordinator: Scott Heatherton
Phone: 217/443-8785
Website: http://www.dacc.edu/depts/stuserv/adulted/

Decatur

Macon/Piatt Regional Office of Education
432 N. Water St.
Decatur, Illinois 62523
Contact: Rebecca Hale
Phone: 217/422-6113
Website: http://www.adultedcenter.com/site/index.html

Richland Community College
Project READ and the Adult New Reader
One College Park
Decatur, Illinois 62521
Contact: Lisa Carr
Phone: 217/875-7211 x501
Website: http://www.richland.edu/projectread/

Dixon

Sauk Valley Community College
173 Illinois Rt. 2
Dixon, Illinois 61021-9112
Contact: Tim Benedict
Phone: 815/288-5511 x241
Website: http://www.svcc.cc.il.us/

East Peoria

Illinois Central College
One College Dr.
East Peoria, Illinois 61611-4916
Contact: Kay Sutton
Phone: 309/694-5240
Website: http://www.icc.edu/

Effingham

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
1805 S. Banker
P.O. Box 928
Effingham, Illinois 62401-0928
Contact: Dena Weber
Phone: 217/342-2193, x126
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
204 W. Washington #103
Effingham, Illinois 62401
Contact: Dena Weber
Phone: 217/347-7033
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

Fairbury

Adult Literacy of Livingston County
19523 E. 900 N Road
Fairbury, Illinois 61739
Contact: Mary Ann Ulfers
Phone: 815/692-2507
Website: http://www.exu.ilstu.edu/roe/livingston.phtml

Fairfield

Frontier Community College
2 Frontier Drive
Fairfield, Illinois 62837
Project Director: Janet Herman
Phone: 618/842-3711 x4314
Website: www.iecc.edu

Flora

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
832 W. North Ave.
Flora, Illinois 62839
Contact: Dena Weber
Phone: 618/662-4024
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

Freeport

Highland Community College
2998 Pearl City Rd.
Freeport, Illinois 61032
Contact: Mark Jansen
Phone: 815/599-3455
http://www.highland.edu/

Galesburg

Carl Sandburg College
2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd.
Galesburg, Illinois 61401
Director: Jim Rich
Phone: 309/341-5296
http://www.sandburg.edu/

Godfrey

Lewis & Clark Community College
Project READ
5800 Godfrey Road
Godfrey, Illinois 62035
Project Director: Ms. Valorie Harris
Contact: Nancy Johnson
Phone: 618/468-4100
Website: http://www.lc.edu/

Granite City

Immigration Project
PO Box 753
Granite City, Illinois 62040
Contact: Marti Jones
Phone: 618/452-7018

Harrisburg

Southeastern Illinois College
3575 College Road
Harrisburg, Illinois 62946
Project Director: Ms. Sharon L. Tanner
Phone: 618/252-5400 x2630
Website: http://www.sic.cc.il.us/

Ina

Rend Lake College
468 N. Ken Gray Pkwy.
Ina, Illinois 62846
Contact: Christina Hutcheson
Phone: 618/437-5321, x2011
http://www.rlc.edu

Kankakee

Kankakee Community College
100 College Drive
Kankakee, Illinois 60901
Director: Margaret Cooper
Contact: Denise Burklow
Phone: 815-802-8307
http://www.kcc.cc.il.us/

Malta

Kishwaukee College
21193 Malta Rd.
Malta, Illinois 60150-9600
Director: Ms. Evelina Jose Cichy
Contact: Pat Olson
Phone: 815/825-2086 x320
http://www.kishwaukeecollege.edu/

Mattoon

Community Unit District #2
Mattoon Area Adult Education Center
1617 Lake Land Blvd.
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Contact: Paula K. Linker
Phone: 217/235-0361

Lake Land College
Adult Education
305 Richmond Ave., East
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
Director: Mark Nelson
Contact: Ardeth Finley
Phone: 217/238-8385

Moline

Black Hawk College
4703 16th St., Suite G
Moline, Illinois 61265-7066
Program Coordinator: Dr. Jeff blackwell
Phone: 309/796-5704
Website: http://www.bhc.edu/

Monmouth

Pass Adult Education
Adult Reading Center
1291 North 6th Street Road, Suite 100
Monmouth, Illinois 61462
Contact: Barb Pearson
Phone: 309/734-3818

Normal

Heartland Community College
1500 W. Raab
Normal, Illinois 61761
Director: Jill Blair
Phone: 309/268-8180
http://www.heartland.edu/

Regional Office of Education - DeWitt/Livingston/McLean Co.
GED/Adult Literacy Program
STAR - Sharing the Ability to Read
905 N. Main St., Suite 2
Normal, Illinois 61761
Director: Libby Smith
Phone: 309/888-9884
Website: http://www.exu.ilstu.edu/roe/

Oglesby

Illinois Valley Community College
I-READ (Illinois-Reading Education for Adult Development)
815 N. Orlando Smith Ave.
Oglesby, Illinois 61348-9692
Program Director: Angela Dunlap
Phone: 815/224-0372
Website: http://www.ivcc.edu/adulted.aspx?id=3120

Pana

Pana Adult Center
Project P.A.L.
201 W. 8th St.
Pana, Illinois 62557
Contact: Don Kroski
Phone: 217/562-6695

Pekin

YWCA Adult Literacy
315 Buena Vista
Pekin, Illinois 61554-4227
Contact:Pam Ritter
Phone: 309/347-2104, x23
Website: http://www.ywca.org/pekin

Peoria

Adult Education and Family Literacy Center
839 W. Moss Ave.
Peoria, Illinois 61606
Director: William Salzman
Phone: 309/672-6702
Website: http://www.psd150.org/adulted/

Common Place
Family Learning Center
514 S. Shelley St.
Peoria, Illinois 61605
Contact: Kathryn Lambert
Phone: 309/674-3315, x17
Website: http://www.commonplacepeoria.org/

Regional Superintendent of Schools - Peoria County
Project U.P.W.A.R.D.
324 North Main St., G-13
Peoria, Illinois 61602
Program Director: Wilma Noynaert
Program Coordinator: Ms. Dottie Gibson
Phone: 309/672-6087
Website: http://www.peoria.k12.il.us/roe48/dgibson/upward.html

Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League, Inc.
317 S. MacArthur Highway
Peoria, Illinois 61605
Contact: Laraine E. Bryson
Phone: 309/672-4352
Website: http://www.tcpul.com/

Quincy

John Wood Community College
Literacy Volunteers of West Central Illinois
1301 S. 48th St.
Quincy, Illinois 62305
Contact: Renee Scheiter-Higgins
Phone: 217/641-4943
http://www.jwcc.edu/

Quincy Public School
Teen Parent Services Alternative School
401 S. 8th Street, L.L.
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Contact: Kathleen Citro/Coordinator
Phone: 217/288-7114

Robinson

Lincoln Trail College
11220 State Highway 1
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Contact: Brian Haskins
Phone: 618/544-8657, x1136

Robinson Public Library District
606 North Jefferson
Robinson, Illinois 62454
Contact: Marie Davis
Phone: 618/544-2917
Website: http://www.robinson.lib.il.us/

Rockford

La Voz Latina
412 Market St.
Rockford, Illinois 61107
Contact: Patricia Gomez
Phone: 815/965-5784
Website: http://www.lavozlatina-rkfd.org/

Rock Valley College
Adult Education Center
4151 Samuelson Rd.
Rockford, Illinois 61109
Contact: Diana Barthelman
Phone: 815/921-2001
Website: http://www.rockvalleycollege.edu/Community/adulted.cfm

The Literacy Council
982 N. Main St.
Rockford, Illinois 61103
Program Coordinator: John Hurley
Phone: 815/963-7323
http://www.theliteracycouncil.org/

Roosevelt Community Education Program
978 Haskell Ave.
Rockford, Illinois 61103
Contact: Angela Carter
Phone: 815/966-3251
Website: http://schools.rps205.com/Roosevelt/

Shelbyville

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
Kaskaskia Terrace, Apt. 26
Shelbyville, Illinois 62565
Contact: Dena Weber
Phone: 217/347-7033
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

Springfield

Lawrence Education Center
101 E. Laurel
Springfield, Illinois 62704
Program Coordinator: Bonnie Roberts
Phone: 217/525-3025
http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/lawrence/

Lincoln Land Community College
T.E.A.L. - Training for Adult Education and Literacy
5250 Shepherd Rd., PO Box 19256
Springfield, Illinois 62794-9256
Contact: Lyn Buerkett
Phone: 217/786-4534
http://www.llcc.edu/Default.aspx?alias=www.llcc.edu/teal

Sullivan

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
County Courthouse
Sullivan, Illinois 61951
Contact: Dena Weber
Phone: 217/347-7033
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

Taylor Springs

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
Box 128
Taylor Springs, Illinois 62089
Contact: Dena Weber
Phone: 217/347-7033
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

Ullin

Regional Office of Education #02-Ullin
17 Rustic Campus Dr.
Jonesboro , Illinois 62992
Contact: Edwin Shoemate
Phone: 618/634-2292

Shawnee Community College
Adult Education Program
8364 Shawnee College Road
Ullin, Illinois 62992
Contact: James Darden
Phone: 618/634-3325
Website: http://www.shawneecc.edu/academics/literacy_program.asp

Urbana

Urbana School District 116
Adult Education
211 N. Race
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Contact: Dr. David Adcock
Phone: 217/384-3530
Website: http://www.usd116.org/home/schools/adulted.html

Vandalia

C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation
517 W. Gallatin
Vandalia, Illinois 62471
Contact: Dena Weber

Phone: 618/283-2631
Phone: 217/347-7033
Website: http://www.cefseoc.org/

Outside Illinois

St. Louis Public Library
1301 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
Director: Diane Freiermuth
Phone: 314/241-9393
Website: http://www.slpl.org/

 
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