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MINNESOTA LITERACY COUNCIL

Sherry Myers,Board President

Eric Nesheim,Executive Director

This year the Minnesota Literacy Council (MLC) updated its mission statement. In our newmission we purposefully incorporated the tagline “Sharing the Power of Learning.” We believethis familiar phrase, with a new twist, effectively communicates MLC’s pur-pose in a changing world, and it reflects the growth and change of ourorganization.

As I’ve witnessed the Minnesota Literacy Council’s dynamic growth, I’vemarveled at the strength of the people who seek our services and the ser-vices of our Associate Programs throughout the state. As a tutor, I’ve metpeople who want to improve their English skills to obtain a better job, to beable to read to their children, or to become a citizen. As a tutor trainer, I’vemet individuals who contribute precious time to the literacy effort, givingthousands of hours a year because they are passionate about the cause. Andas a member of the MLC board, I’ve been in awe of the talents and commit-ment of those around me – people who change challenges into opportuni-ties.

The phrase “Sharing the Power of Learning” is more than a slogan or a quick way to describethe Minnesota Literacy Council and its services to the residents of Minnesota. And the missionstatement is more than something to hang on the wall. Our mission is a fundamental way of lifefor everyone involved. Thanks for your time, talent and commitment.

— Sherry Myers, Board President

It’s challenging to settle on one statement that encompasses the Minnesota Literacy Council’smission. Similarly, it’s difficult for one annual report to represent all that MLC and its partnershave accomplished this year. As we’ve pursued our mission of education,community building and advocacy, we’ve initiated many changes and experi-enced remarkable growth – serving more individuals and increasing thescope of our services to Minnesota’s diverse populations.

Education and training are at the core of our support for the statewidenetwork of MLC Associate Programs. Volunteer tutor trainings, technologyprograms for literacy practitioners, and the Basic Skills Hotline are just asampling of our efforts to enhance adult basic education and English lan-guage learning across Minnesota.

While MLC works to enrich the statewide literacy community, it alsoprovides direct services to learners in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, enablingimmigrants and adults with low-level literacy skills to succeed at work, athome and in their local communities. And this year MLC has extended itsrole as a literacy advocate by increasing programming and services for children.

I invite you to read further in this annual report about our recent efforts to live our mission.We want to “share the power of learning” with you, so that you, in turn, can share with others.

— Eric Nesheim, Executive Director

ANNUAL REPORT 2000-2001

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Mission

Sharing the powerof learning

through education,community building,

and advocacy.

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Associate Programs

ISD #191 School for AdultsISD #196 ABEJeremiah ProgramInstitute for New AmericansInternational Falls Literacy

ActionJewish Community CenterJewish Family & Children’s

ServiceMetro North ABELake County Literacy ProjectLake of the Woods Literacy

ProjectLakes Area Learning CenterLakes & Prairies ConsortiumLao Family CommunityLEAP English AcademyLiteracy Volunteers in ActionMacalester College Community

ServiceMadelia LiteracyMahtomedi ABEMankato Literacy ProjectMaplewood/Oakdale/NSP

School DistrictMartin County Literacy ProjectMesabi Literacy ProjectMinneapolis Public SchoolsMinnewaska Literacy ProjectMoorhead Adult Basic

EducationMora Literacy ProjectMORE Multicultural School for

EmpowermentMorris Literacy ProjectMounds View ABENeighborhood HouseNorth Side Learning CenterNorthfield Community

EducationNorthwest ECSUUniversity of Minnesota’s

Career and CommunityLearning Center

Opportunity PartnersOptions in Adult EducationOwatonna Literacy ProjectPPL IndustriesPathways to Success ABE

Program

ABE in Central MNAdult Options In EducationAitkin County Literacy ProjectAlbert Lea Literacy ProjectAlexandria Literacy ProgramArea Adult Learning Coopera-

tiveAustin Adult Basic EducationBemidji Literacy ProjectBethany Lutheran ChurchBlue Earth Literacy ProjectBrainerd Learning ProjectBrown County Literacy ProjectCarver Scott Educational

CooperativeCLUES – Minneapolis & St.

PaulCapitol Hill English SchoolCenter for Victims of TortureChisago Lakes Literacy ProjectCloquet Area Literacy ProjectCommon Bond CommunitiesCourage CenterCrookston Literacy ProjectDakota Prairie Area Learning

CenterDistrict 465 Community

EducationDuluth Literacy ProjectEast Central ABEEast Central Literacy ProjectEast Metro Learning CenterEnglish Learning CenterFaribault Literacy ProjectFergus Falls Literacy ProjectFirst Baptist ChurchFranklin Learning CenterFreshwater Education ProjectGrand Rapids Literacy ProjectGranite Falls ABEGuadalupe Alternative

ProgramsGuatemalan/Latinos United

EffortHastings ABEHibbing Literacy Action CenterHighland Mac-Groveland

Family CenterHmong American PartnershipHoly Rosary Church

Pelican Rapids Literacy ProjectPerson to PersonPine City Literacy ProjectProject SoloRed Wing Literacy ProjectRedwood Falls Literacy ProjectRobbinsdale ABERochester Adult Literacy

ProjectRock County Literacy ProjectRockford ABERoseville Adult High SchoolSabathani Community CenterSauk Center Literacy ProjectShakopee Literacy ProjectSomalian Women’s AssociationSouth Suburban Adult Literacy

ProjectSouth Washington County

SchoolsSt. Anthony Park Lutheran

ChurchSt. Charles Community

EducationSt. Croix River Education

DistrictSt. Paul Schools Adult Literacy

ProjectStillwater Schools Community

EducationThree Rivers Literacy ProjectTrinity United Methodist

ChurchUrban Communities Associa-

tion of MinneapolisUnited Cambodian Association

of MNVietnamese Social ServicesVolunteer ConnectionWaseca Area Literacy ProjectWatonwan County Literacy

ProjectWEST ABE Consortium,

ISD#883Westonka Literacy ProjectWilmar ABEWinona Adult LiteracyWorld ReliefWorthington Area Learning

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Services toAssociate Programs

To fulfill its mission of education, community building and advocacy, the Minnesota LiteracyCouncil (MLC) partners with nearly 120 Associate Programs that use volunteers to tutor adultlearners across the state. Last year nearly 3,200 volunteers gave more than 154,000 hours to tutorover 17,000 students in Minnesota. MLC supports Associate Programs with volunteer tutor train-ing, the Basic Skills Hotline, the Technology Resource Center, and a range of other consultativeservices.

Volunteer Tutor Training

Last year MLC conducted 35 twelve-hour workshops for 643 volunteers in Basic Reading orEnglish Language training. MLC also offered 39 in-service programs to 365 volunteer tutors tofurther guide and develop their instructional skills. In-service program topics included:

• Grammar• Lesson Planning• Listening Comprehension• Vocabulary• Teaching Multi-Level Groups• Citizenship• Conversation• Writing• Volunteers in the Classroom• Activity Grab Bag• Pronunciation

In-service programs related to technology topics included:

• Introduction to Computers• Introduction to the Internet• Tutoring with the Internet• Software Overview• Web Site Design• Web Search

“The activitieswhere we put

ourselves in theshoes of the

students were veryhelpful.”

– a workshop participant

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Technology Resource Center

Through a grant from the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning, theMinnesota Literacy Council has developed a thriving technology support program for literacyeducation in Minnesota. The Technology Resource Center provides leadership, training andtechnical support to adult literacy practitioners across the state. The 2000-2001 program yearfocused on several initiatives:

• Providing access to Web-based course-building tools. MLC purchased licenses for theFirst Class Collaborative Classroom software, enabling any adult literacy program in the stateto provide online instruction and communication tools to learners at no cost to that indi-vidual program.

• Training on online course development. The Anywhere, Anytime Learning workshop, a1½-day training session, was offered in three locations around the state, providing instructionon how to use technology to extend learning beyond the classroom and the tutoring session.

• Providing technology planning workshops to ABE consortia. Using the First Class andZebu software platforms and Web-based instructional components, MLC provided a 15-weekonline technology planning training to 20 participants from eight consortia.

• Offering in-service trainings on technology topics. As part of MLC’s regular in-serviceschedule, various technology topics were addressed, including a basic course on creating aWeb site.

• Preparing the Basic Skills Hotline for online use. A new database was developed toenhance Basic Skills Hotline data collection and to make the Hotline available over theInternet through the Minnesota LINCS and the MLC Web sites.

In addition, MLC continued its work with the National Institute for Literacy’s virtual libraryproject, LINCS, through enhancements to the Minnesota LINCS Web site and other partnershipswith Midwest literacy organizations.

Basic Skills Hotline

MLC’s Basic Skills Hotline served an important role again by linking potential learners andvolunteers with literacy programs in their local areas. This statewide referral service assists adultswho want to improve their basic skills, prospective volunteer tutors, social service providers andothers who need information about accessing ABE services. The Hotline provides informationabout more than 450 independent educational programs and organizations in Minnesota thatprovide one-to-one tutoring and small group or classroom instruction.

During the 2000-2001 program year, MLC logged 3,737 Hotline calls. More than 3,300 callersrequested information about ABE services, including basic reading and math instruction, Englishlanguage classes, GED preparation, and GED testing sites. More than 400 callers were identifiedas potential volunteers. MLC’s bilingual staff referred 16 percent of callers in Spanish.


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Additional Support Services

The Minnesota Literacy Council provided a full range of additional consultative and supportservices to Associate Programs last year. These include:

• Volunteer and learner recognition. MLC again published To Open Your Mind, a writingjournal that gives adult learners the opportunity to increase their self-confidence and motiva-tion by expressing themselves through the printed word. MLC also coordinated the annualPartners in Literacy Conference, which brought together more than 200 adult learners, tutors,teachers and program administrators for two days of educational sessions and a special focuson overcoming learning disabilities. The conference also featured an awards luncheon thathonored adult learners for exceptional leadership and tutors for hundreds of hours of service.Tutor Claire McKinley received recognition for giving more than 10,000 hours of volunteertime to her students.

• ESL conference. Last year MLC collaborated with the University of Minnesota’s Center forAdvanced Research on Language Acquisition and the English as a Second Language Depart-ment to offer an ESL conference that focused on understanding low-level ESL learners andtheir cultural backgrounds. All participants began the day with a 60-minute language lessonin Chinese, Japanese, or Farsi to sensitize them to the difficulties students face. Conferencesessions focused on culture, teaching basic literacy, and working with multi-level groups.

• Volunteer and program management consultation. MLC provided ongoing advisory andtechnical assistance to start-up and established literacy programs around Minnesota. Staffmembers consulted on such topics as program and volunteer management issues, volunteerrecruitment, curriculum assistance, risk management,and others.

• ABE field updates. Advancements in ABE and theavailability of new resources were communicatedthrough two MLC publications: Important Informa-tion, the monthly newsletter for ABE program coordi-nators, and Literacy Update, a biannual publication forvolunteers, coordinators and others interested in theliteracy cause. Information was also disseminatedthrough the Internet and through MLC’s lendinglibrary, in which staff members helped find appropri-ate instructional and training materials for literacyinstructors.

• Literacy networking. MLC facilitated networkingwith other local, state and national literacy programsand organizations, such as Laubach Literacy Actionand Literacy Volunteers of America.

Board member Bilquis Dairkee shares culturalinsights at the Partners in Literacy Conference.

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Direct Learner ServicesIn addition to providing support and guidance to Associate Programs, the Minnesota Literacy

Council fulfills its mission by directly serving adults needing literacy services in the metropolitanarea of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Ubah

Last year Ubah continued as one of the largest educational programs in Minnesota that servesthe Somali community. Ubah programs emphasize English language learning, citizenship, socialsciences, math, and computer education. During the 2000-2001 program year, Ubah moved to anew, larger location in downtown Minneapolis. As sole renters of a large building, the Ubah staffmembers have more classrooms, a computer lab, and more meeting and administrative spaces.The new site provides both room for growth and easy access for learners, many of whom walkto Ubah for evening classes or use transportation provided by the program.

North SideLearning Center

In the 2000-2001 program yearthe North Side Learning Center(NSLC), located in the SumnerLibrary building in North Minneapo-lis, again served more learnersseeking to improve their reading,writing and English language skills.Programs at NSLC and its outreachsites included 119 volunteer tutorsserving 572 learners. A diversity oflearners, from the United States andother countries, worked on a greatrange of goals, such as passing theGED, getting a driver’s license, orbecoming a U.S. citizen. Students at the North Side Learning Center

participate in a volunteer recognition event.


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East MetroLearning Center

East Metro Learning Center (EMLC) and itsoutreach sites also served more learners.Teachers and volunteer tutors at or near thecenter, located on St. Paul’s East side, pro-vided support and instruction to 316 learn-ers. As at North Side Learning Center,EMLC’s diverse group of adult learnerssought instruction that would help themreach goals that would enrich their personal,professional and community lives.

Other DirectService Sites

Responding to the growing need for additional classes, MLC provided more direct learnerservices last year in both St. Paul and Minneapolis. Two citizenship teachers prepared 352 immi-

grants for their naturalization interview, and 75students achieved the goal of becoming U.S.citizens. With the assistance of the League ofWomen Voters, the citizenship teachers alsoencouraged 5400 new citizens to register tovote. Forty-seven Somali men and womenparticipated in Functional Work English classes.These intensive, 20-hour-a-week classes pre-pared welfare participants to enter the work-place. MLC also partnered with Holy RosaryChurch in south Minneapolis, Trinity UnitedMethodist Church in northeast Minneapolis,and Sacred Heart Church in St. Paul to provideEnglish classes to the immigrant communitiesin those areas.

“Probably as importantas the reading/writingimprovement itself is theincreased respect mystudent has for himselfbecause of hisachievement.”

– Richard W. Stanley, volunteer,East Metro Learning Center

Learner Jin Yuan Ma being sworn inas a U.S. citizen.

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Children’s LiteracyServices

The Minnesota Literacy Council is broadening its programs to meet children’s literacy needs inMinnesota. Through partnerships with other educational programs and funders, MLC provided arange of support and direct children’s literacy services last year.

AmeriCorps*VISTA Programs

Summer Reads Program

In the summer of 2001, MLC again coordinated theSummer Reads Program in partnership with Minne-apolis and Saint Paul public schools, Minneapolis andSaint Paul public libraries and many other organiza-tions. The goal of this nationally recognized program,now in its fifth year, is to help low-income childrenmaintain or improve their reading skills over thesummer. Forty-one Summer Associate VISTAs servedchildren by tutoring students one-to-one, conductingstory-times with small groups of students, usingeducational software and computers with students,and engaging students in such activities as bookmak-ing, puppetry and word games. Over the eight weeks,Summer Associate VISTAs served 4,108 students anddonated more than 1,200 books to low-income chil-dren and families.

Yearlong VISTA Program

Last year MLC and the Corporation for National Service sponsored 20 AmeriCorps*VISTAs(Volunteers In Service To America) for yearlong service with organizations that serve low-incomechildren and families. VISTAs helped improve children’s literacy in community-based organiza-tions, libraries and schools throughout the state. The volunteers: expanded after-school and in-school reading programs; recruited, trained and supported volunteer tutors; involved parents infamily literacy activities; and developed resources for tutoring programs. In the 2000-2001 pro-gram year, VISTAs recruited 1,940 volunteers to tutor 5,826 children.

“Summer Reads isessential to the successof our summerprograms andservices.”

— Roy Woodstrom, HosmerPublic Library


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Children’s Literacy Initiative

Because of its knowledge and experience in adult literacy, the Minnesota Literacy Council wasasked to partner in the Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI), a project of the St. Paul Foundationand RAP/Head Start that promotes success in readingfor Head Start children and their families. In NovemberMLC hired a part-time Home Visitor Coordinator, and inJanuary a team of four Literacy Home Visitors, withfluency in English, Hmong, Somali, and Spanish, beganworking with families from the four CLI Head Start sitesin St. Paul.

In their meetings with families, the Home Visitorsbridge classroom literacy activities with home andfamily life to help foster children’s emerging literacyskills. Home visit activities and topics include booksharing, name and letter recognition, counting, classifi-cation and sorting, community resource sharing, andschool choice and registration, among many others.

In the 2000-2001 program year, Literacy Home Visi-tors conducted more than 240 home visits with 100families, and parents and children often requested morevisits. The Literacy Home Visitors have seen familiesmake great strides in supporting their children’s devel-oping literacy skills. With more literacy resourcesavailable in the home, parents were able to play games,make projects, and read with their children to helpthem develop literacy skills.

Children’s Tutor Training and Support

MLC continued to respond to the need for well-trained children’s literacy tutors by providing30 three-hour “Teaching the ABC’s of Reading” training sessions to volunteers throughout thestate. MLC trained more than 680 tutors from 37 different children’s literacy programs in Minne-sota schools, community-based programs, and VISTA projects.

MLC also offered quarterly networking sessions for children’s literacy programs in the Minne-apolis/St. Paul area. Representatives from more than 15 programs gathered to discuss such topicsas how to work effectively with the public schools, measuring program effectiveness, and ideasfor tutor activities.

One of the Children’s Literacy Initiativeparticipants proudly displays a book she

received from her Home Visitor.

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Statement of Financial Positionfor the years ended June 30, 2001 and June 30, 2000

FY 2001 FY 2000

AssetsCash and Cash Equivalents $ 667,881 $ 735,467Accounts and Grants Receivable 927,247 324,888Prepaid Expenses 27,058 8,780Equipment, Net of Accumulated Depreciation 172,651 87,341

Total Assets 1,794,837 1,156,476

Liabilities and Net Assets

LiabilitiesAccounts Payable $ 120,678 $ 7,489Capital Lease Payable 28,184 0Accrued Expenses 48,001 42,996Deferred Revenue 8,350 12,950Deferred Rent 1,580 7,232

Total Liabilities 206,793 70,667

Net AssetsUnrestricted

Undesignated 257,472 117,741Designated by Board of Directors 475,000 460,000

Temporarily Restricted 855,572 508,068Total Net Assets 1,588,044 1,085,809

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 1,794,837 1,156,476


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Statement of Activitiesfor the years ended June 30, 2001 and June 30, 2000

FY 2001FY 2001FY 2001FY 2001FY 2001 FY 2000FY 2000FY 2000FY 2000FY 2000

Unrestricted Temporarily Total Unrestricted Temporarily TotalRestricted Restricted

Support and RevenuesContributions $ 147,351 $ 731,002 $ 878,353 $ 123,126 $ 150,474 $ 273,600Government Grants — 1,461,310 1,461,310 — 1,006,616 1,006,616Special Events 35,894 — 35,894 5,992 — 5,992Membership 32,296 — 32,296 37,120 — 37,120Program Service Fees 19,294 — 19,294 15,251 — 15,251Interest 34,471 — 34,471 38,018 — 38,018Total Support and Revenue 269,306 2,192,312 2,461,618 219,507 1,157,090 1,376,597

Net Assets Releasedfrom Restriction 1,844,808 (1,844,808) — 1,311,217 (1,311,217) —

Total Support and Revenues 2,114,114 347,504 2,461,618 1,530,724 (154,127) 1,376,597

Expenses and LossesProgram Services 1,704,038 — 1,704,038 1,313,171 — 1,313,171Management and General 190,704 — 190,704 201,556 — 201,556Fundraising 64,641 — 64,641 36,235 — 36,235

Total Expenses 1,959,383 — 1,959,383 1,550,962 — 1,550,962

Change in Net Assets 154,731 347,504 502,235 (20,238) (154,127) (174,365)

Beginning Net Assets 577,741 508,068 1,085,809 597,979 662,195 1,260,174

Ending Net Assets 732,472 855,572 1,588,044 577,741 508,068 1,085,809

Complete copies of MLC’s financial statements are available upon request.

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SeabloomRobert HowardRobert & Patricia Witte

Memory ofCarolyn JespersonShirley BensonLarry BlokzylRonald & Lynn

ColbjornsenRonald & Lynn ColbyShirley CoyerHelen & Joe Felegy

Jerome Flynn &LeslieMatton-Flynn

David & Mary Kay HerrJean HeyerPeter HillesheimBeth HonigschmidtKatherine HultgrenAlan Jesperson &Sharon

EmeryLauren JohnsonAndrew KozakMark & Kathleen KreitzerDenae Murray

Sigvald OyenLynn & Joseph PilonLawrence SchriverDuane & Roxanne

StensvadWilliam & Doris StensvadAnita Thompson

Memory of Wayne &Karen Lofsness’ motherMiriam Kelen

Memory ofMary E. KundsenLinda Prail

Memory ofSherry Myers’ dadDon Yager & Richard

Groger

Memory ofDella QuillonLarry & Shirley Landstrom

MLC StaffMagan Abraham, Ubah

TeacherSuleiman E. Amin,

Ubah TeacherIbrahim Ayeh, Ubah

TeacherJennifer Barret, VISTA

LeaderNancy Bjorn, North

Side L.C.Coordinator

Malva Cohen, SacredHeart ESL Teacher

Janna Dethmers,Office Manager

Abdillahi Duale, FWETeacher

Gelane Firisa,AccountingAssistant

Cathy Grady, ProgramManager

Marian Hassan,Literacy HomeVisitor

Paula Hastings,Literacy HomeVisitor

Vicki Hawley, HomeVisitor Coordinator

Virginia Heinrich,TechnologyServices Manager

Deb Holbrook,Accountant

Farhan Hussien, UbahTeacher

Abshir Y. Isse, UbahTeacher

Ryan Johnson, ServiceProjectsCoordinator

Ali Kier, VISTAVolunteer

Beth Koskie,DevelopmentAssociate

Anne Marie Leland,AccountabilityServicesCoordinator

Melissa Martinson,VISTA Leader

Ron Mazurowski,Citizenship Teacher

Liban Mohamed, UbahTeacher

Feisal Mohamoud,FWE Teacher

Kathleen Moriarty,North Side L.C.Coordinator

Eric Nesheim,Executive Director

Aliya Omer, UbahTeacher

Jordan Phillips, Work-force EducationSpecialist

Rob Podlasek, SeniorTrainingCoordinator

Bernice Robinson, EastMetro L.C.Coordinator

Nima Salehi, ESLSpecialist

Ismail Samatar, UbahTeacher

Bruno Theisen, TrinityCoordinator

Michelle Vanden Plas,CommunityOutreachCoordinator

Zhoua Vang, LiteracyHome Visitor

Vallay Moua Varro,Literacy HomeVisitor

Abdirashid A.Warsame, UbahDirector

Kate West, VISTAVolunteer

Erin Williams, TrainingCoordinator

LeeAnn Wolf, SeniorProgram Manager

MLC BoardBilquis Dairkee,

Niamet’s MinnesotaMart, Inc.

Karen Dunifon,National City Bank

Thomas Eland,MinneapolisCommunity andTechnical College

Den Gardner, Gardner& GardnerCommunications

Alissa Haller, Ernst andYoung

Robert N. Hanvik,Medtronic

Debra Wilcox Hsu,St. Paul TechnicalCollege

Rose Hughes,American Express

Terri Kruger, PolarisKarna Kurtz, Com-

munity MemberBrian Leonard,

Leonard O’BrianWilford SpencerGale

Judith Morgan,Commun. Servicesfor the Deaf

Judy Murakami,Medtronic

Sherry Myers, LutheranBrotherhood

Linda Odegard,CommunityRepresentative

Kate Olson, LifeworksServices, Inc.

Karen Ring, TargetTodd Wagner, Dept. of

Children, Familiesand Learning

Naly Yang, Women’sAssociation ofHmong and Lao,Inc. (WAHL)

756 Transfer RoadSt. Paul, MN 55114

Phone: (651) 645-2277Toll-free: (800) 225-7323Basic Skills Hotline: (800) 222-1990Fax: (651) 645-2272Website: www.theMLC.org

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