2007 Facts and Figures Number of tutors trained this year: 76 Number of tutors / teachers active: 184 Number of schools / after school programs with Augustine tutors / teachers: 71 Number of names on potential trainees waiting list: 73 Number of students who need Augustine tutor in service area: 6,000 + Number of C.E.U.s offered by school systems for Augustine training: 6 Number of staff members: 2 (executive director and assistant) Number of replications: 4 (Winston-Salem; Charlotte; Houston, TX; Greenville, SC) Testing results: Phonemic awareness scores improved by32.8% Word attack improved an average of 1.4 grade levels Sight word recognition increased an average of 32.8% Spelling improved an average of 1.3 grade levels Reading fluency scores rose an average of 1.7 grade levels Reading comprehension scored rose an average of 2.1 grade levels Funding sources (Budget): 12.4% Holy Family Outreach 87.6% grants from foundations; training fees; gifts from churches, civic groups and individuals Did you know... 17-22% of school-aged children have reading problems; among low-income families the percentage is likely to be higher. 57% of children with learning disabilities leave school without a diploma. 85% of juvenile offenders have a learning disability, and prison poplulations include a large percentage of non-readers. According to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1/3 of America's fourth graders are functionally illiterate - including 2/3 of African-American students and almost 1/2 of all children in the inner cities. For 90% of poor readers, early intensive intervention (like the long-term, one-on-one instruction an Augustine tutor provides) can increase reading ability to an age-appropriate, average skill level. Conservatively calculated, more than 6,000 students in the Durham, Chapel Hill and Orange County Public Schools are eligible for Augustine tutoring. Several states base their long-range prison construction budgets on the reading scores of second grade children. The Chancellor of NC Central University recently stated that for every African-American male who graduated from college in 2005, 240 entered the penal system.