Wealth & Finance International - March 2017

www.coabe.org • We are educators, administrators, mentors, and guides working to improve educational outcomes for adults and build communities. • Our members create new opportunities for adult students who need a wide variety of educational support. • Some 36 million working age Americans have low literacy skills, and more than 60 million can’t perform simple math. • Across the nation, COABE members work tirelessly to help these underserved adults master the skills they need to compete and build careers—and better futures for themselves, their families, and their communities. We advocate for more services, more funding, and less waiting. COABE and its members promote student resources and the elimination of waiting lists that discourage and delay success. In every state, we support adult education programs that foster essential skills, family literacy, and workforce development. We are dedicated to helping educators overcome the unique challenges of adult education. We look for innovative and effective ways to reach more adults who struggle with reading, writing, and problem solving. We develop, promote, and share best practices, policies and research for teaching basic education skills. With our members’ support, the adults we help land better jobs, pay more in taxes, and are better able to support their families. • Our impact lasts for generations: our students pass the skills they learn onto their children, and help them find success too. • The need is great and resources are limited. • Adult basic education is the foundation of family, community, and national success.