Clients

Getting Started or Referring a Friend

If you know someone who wants to improve his reading skills, the best thing to do is to tell him/her a little about how our program works, and encourage him/her to call us.

All students must make the call themselves to set an appointment for their assessment. At that appointment, we will have a casual one-to-one meeting with the student to find out the student's motivations, skills level, goals, and history with reading. After that initial 1-2 hour assessment, the student will work in the Literacy Lab at our center for a minimum of 12 hours, after completion of 12 hours of lab work with our education coordinator the student will be matched with a tutor. Depending on availability occasionally we may have a waiting list. Since our tutors are volunteers and must be recruited and trained, the waiting period varies.

The student must make a one-year commitment to improve his/her reading skills. Once he is matched with a tutor, they will work together 2 times a week for about an hour each session. Typically, our tutors and student meet at libraries or churches, or other public locations that have a private study area. Meeting in the student's home or the tutor's home is prohibited.

We will match the student with a tutor who is available at the time that the student is available. Since the student and tutor will arrange their own meeting times, the program is flexible enough to meet the busy schedules of our adult students. The program is entirely free for our students, and study materials are provided for free as well.

Tutoring Locations

North Side
The Literacy Center 3411 A 1st Avenue- 429-1222
North Park Branch Library - 960 Koehler Drive - 428-8237
Oaklyn Branch Library - 3001 Oaklyn Drive - 428-8234
Stringtown Branch Library - 2100 Stringtown Road- 428-8233

East Side
East Branch Library - 840 E. Chandler - 428-8231
McCullough Branch Library - 5115 Washington Avenue - 428-8236
University of Evansville Library - 1800 Lincoln Avenue - 488-2482
Goodwill Industries - 500 S. Green River Road - 474-2222

Downtown Area
Central Library - 200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - 428-8200
Willard Library - 21 First Avenue & Lloyd Expressway - 425-4309
Patchwork Central - 100 Washington Avenue - 424-2735

West side
Red Bank Branch- 120 South Red Bank Road - 428-8205
West Branch- 2000 West Franklin Street - 428-8232
University of Southern IN Library- 8600 University Blvd.- 464-1824

Warrick County
Chandler- 402 South Jaycee - 925-7179
Newburgh Library- 30 West Water - 858-1437