About The Foundation

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION:

The Youth Literacy Foundation of Acadiana was formed to help improve literacy rates among youth living in the impoverished areas of Acadiana. YLFA does this by raising funds, hosting a variety of activities, and providing resources to the communities, schools, and households in these areas. Low income communities are full of children that are full of gifts and talents that often go unnoticed. 

True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization, is the measure of the progress of the world- Felix E. Schelling

It is a known fact that families from low SES communities are less likely to have the financial resources or time availability to provide children with academic support and research indicates that children from low SES communities develop academic skills more slowly than children from higher SES groups (American Psychological Association 2012).

A child’s initial reading competency is in direct correlation to their home literacy environment. Parents from low SES do not have the financial resources to give their children access to tutors, books and computers to contribute to a positive literacy environment. 

YLFA focuses on bridging this gap! The Youth Literacy Foundation is committed to helping helping youth in need of these academic resources, enhance their literacy and reach their full potential!