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To eliminate poverty, ignorance, disease, crime, drug abuse and hopelessness |
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To create responsible human beings who have the ability to learn and communicate in any subject |
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To bring an effective technology, already being used and proven effective, into our target areas across the United States and around the globe |
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No. We also serve adults through our literacy and drug-free outpatient program. |
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The World Literacy Crusade is funded through private donations, city funding, county funding, state grants, foundation grants, fundraising events, and fees for services in some cases.
The World Literacy Crusade has received funding from such organizations as ARCO, United Parcel Service, Gentleman’s Quarterly magazine, Northwest Airlines, US Airlines, Southern California Edison, Bank of America, Los Angeles County Alcohol and Drug Programs, California Access to Recovery, and KJLH Radio Station. |
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There are 27 affiliates across the United States and four affiliates in countries around the world. |
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The World Literacy Crusade |
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provides one-on-one tutoring and training. |
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specializes in solving the area that ruins people's lives. WLC sets out to restore their zest for learning. |
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uses a study method called Study Technology, which was developed by L. Ron Hubbard. This method trains the students in a step-by-step method of gaining conceptual understanding so they can apply the knowledge to real-world scenarios. |
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has as its core a corps of volunteers who care about the future of America and are trained to tutor its public. These unique and special individuals drive thousands of miles and put in hundreds of hours a year making sure that people will have the ability to read, write and create a future. |
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actively collaborates with American Health and Education Clinics to deliver drug-free drug treatment and alternative mental health services to our participants. |
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Delivers the ONLY out-patient drug detoxification program for minors in Los Angeles County. |
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Applied Scholastics International is a non-profit, public benefit organization formed in 1972 by educators from colleges, universities, and both public and private schools.
The mission of Applied Scholastics is to provide effective education services and materials that help people learn how to learn and thereby work effectively to achieve their goals and realize their full potential.
In countries throughout the world, from urban centers in Europe and America to the townships of South Africa, Applied Scholastics is helping both children and adults learn how to learn, utilizing methods that have proven to be effective at all levels of educational development. These methods, known as Study Technology, were developed by author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard.
Applied Scholastics™ educational programs utilize and teach Study Technology, producing routinely excellent results. |
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A Criminon — meaning without crime — is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to criminal rehabilitation and reform. Criminon accomplishes its work through the implementation of services geared towards improving self-respect, relationship skills and breaking destructive habits. Criminon provides basic life skills to inmates and ex-offenders, enabling them to become ethical and productive members of their communities and lead better lives.
Criminon provides education and rehabilitation programs for inmates and ex-offenders, helping them to restore their own self-respect. Criminon utilizes the highly effective secular works of author and humanitarian L. Ron Hubbard to help inmates gain a new level of ability to study, comprehend and restore their integrity and pride.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Criminon has been delivering rehabilitative education services to inmates since 1989. In any given week, Criminon provides services to more than 7,000 inmates internationally. |
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Write or call our corporate headquarters at:
World Literacy Crusade
3209 N. Alameda, Suite B
Compton, CA 90222
Phone: (310) 537-2273
Fax: (310) 537-2139
Email: info@worldliteracy.org |
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Yes. The program is used by local school districts where WLC affiliates are in operation and by various teacher organizations. WLC programs have been instituted in elementary, middle, and high schools across the country. Our programs have also been instituted in juvenile detention camp schools. |
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Currently, forty-three schools are using this method. |
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In his research Study Technology founder L. Ron Hubbard described a student being able to attain "conceptual understanding" of what he or she was learning and having the ability to absorb and apply the knowledge to life and tasks around him. He found that by knowing and identifying specific barriers to learning a student could master any subject he chooses. Memorization can be replaced by the ability to understand the materials — a goal long sought by educators. |
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Each individual is different. Some individuals have immediate success, others require ten to fifteen hours of study and tutoring. |
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While delivering workshops in community, civic and educational arenas, we create interest, with which we then promote volunteerism in alignment with President Bush's "No Child Left Behind" initiative. |
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Services are paid for on a sliding scale, which means that a person pays according to their individual ability to pay. |
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Since 1992, more than 15,000 youth have gone through the program. |
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We are expanding our program daily and expect our enrollment to increase to 12,000 students per year. |
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More than 600 students per year are referred by mainstream educators. |
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There are currently 550 students worldwide. |
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Our tutors are trained through an in-house tutor training program. Local programs have flexibility to adjust procedures to fit their particular area. |
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Each affiliate pays a fee determined by the amount of materials, training and support services needed. The cost is also based upon whether an organization is not for profit or for profit and whether or not the full drug rehabilitation and detoxification program is implemented. Costs are agreed upon and known prior to any charges being made. Because we hope to get this information into the hands of every possible person, we work diligently to keep the costs to a minimum. |
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When a person has had years of exposure to drugs and other toxins his/her ability to study can be affected. WLC, therefore, has established a detoxification program to handle this area at its corporate office in Compton, CA. The drug detoxification program is run by our affiliate, American Health and Education Clinics, which has been licensed through the State of California as a drug-free substance abuse treatment and mental health facility. |
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WLC uses the Narconon program developed by L. Ron Hubbard. |
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The detoxification program consists of a regimen of exercise, vitamins and minerals and time spent sweating in the sauna. Through the program participants are able to rid themselves of toxins to which they have been exposed. |
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No, the literacy program is handled by World Literacy Crusade staff and the detoxification program is managed by World Literacy Crusade Narconon-trained staff. |
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Yes. WLC has formed partnerships with a variety of community organizations to spread literacy, drug treatment and mental health services in the areas in which we deliver. Programs we have worked hand-in-hand with include Shields for Families, Project Impact, Department of Children and Family Services, Los Angeles Department of Probation, Department of Public Social Services, school districts across the country and various other community based organizations and churches. |
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Yes, the World Literacy Crusade uses the Criminon Program and also helps probation and sheriffs' offices to understand the problems underlying negative behavior by youthful offenders. |
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We currently have a 78% success rate at getting and keeping kids off drugs as a way of dealing with life. |
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