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Dare to Dream Foundation HOME ABOUT US OUR FOUNDER SCHOLARSHIPS BACK TO SCHOOL BASH DONATE CONTACT More In the recent study of literacy rates in the State of Georgia researchers found that insufficient vocabulary comprehension and literacy skills negatively impact children for the rest of their lives. In Georgia nearly threequarters of children who are poor readers in 3rd grade remain poor readers throughout high school and these children are more likely to drop out of school. The most alarming news is 85 of all children involved in the juvenile justice system are functionally illiterate. These statistics show that most children who are not intellectually equipped by the 3rd grade will either drop out become incarcerated or struggle with chronic unemployed or a low paying jobs.