The Mission of the South Texas Literacy Coalition is to lead an active coalition of literacy providers by promoting and enhancing literacy services and encouraging life-long learning.
South Texas Literacy Coalition will promote a culture of literacy by:
Increase family involvement in literacy activities.
Increase community awareness and understanding of the importance of literacy through the implementation of annual on-going events.
Collect and maintain current data on literacy challenges and best practices in the service area and defining and prioritizing goals based on this data.
Secure and distribute resources, and develop plans to provide training and technical assistance.
Facilitate collaboration among coalition partners.
Increase funding for STLC operations and programming.
Maintaining current information on the literacy challenges facing groups in the Region One Education Service area which includes the counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy, Starr, Zapata, Webb, and Jim Hogg.