Resources and Materials

Materials

In Ontario, many of these books and resources can be borrowed through Alpha Ontario, a non-profit resource center for literacy and English as a Second Language materials. 21 Park Road, Toronto Ontario M4W 2N1. Telephone: (416) 397-5900, 1-800-363-0007 (toll free). www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/alpha/.

E-mail: alphaont@gwmail.mtrl.toronto.on.ca. Your local literacy program or drop-in may also have some of these books.

ERIC Documents

There are currently about 26 ERIC documents which relate to Literacy and Homelessness. Some of these are listed in this bibliography. These documents are primarily project descriptions and evaluations from the American Adult Education for the Homeless program. Summary descriptions are housed at the St. Christopher House Adult Literacy Program in the resource library. Summary descriptions can also be searched at the OISE library of the University of Toronto, where the complete ERIC documents are on microfiche. For more information, contact ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education. 1900 Kenny Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 - 1090, U.S.A. Fax: 614-2921260. Home Page: http://coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/.

Street Literacy and Literacy & Homelessness Projects

Dorey, Gloria. "Report on Ten-Week Program Based at the Elgin Street Mission, (Sudbury)" Unpublished report. Contact: D. Vanderle, New Leaf Literacy, 124 Cedar St., Third Floor, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 4M9.

Drury, Darrel and Koloski, Judy. Learning to Hope: A Study of the Adult Education for the Homeless Program. Washington D.C.: Department of Education, 1995. ERIC Document 381615.