Literacy Volunteers at Family Centers is a community-based program that utilizes the services of trained volunteers to provide free, high quality education to American and foreign born adults, young adults and families for the purpose of enabling them to acquire the skills necessary to achieve personal and occupational goals. Literacy Volunteers believes that access to education remains essential to furthering community-wide aspirations of strengthening families, encouraging civic engagement, enabling parents to participate in the education of their children and increasing access to opportunities for economic and social advancement.  In July, 2013 Literacy Volunteers merged with FAMILY CENTERS.