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PROGRAMS WHO WE ARE OUR TEAM WHAT WE DO JOIN US More CommunityPoweredLiteracy The Literacy Crisis New York City has an invisible crisis. Nearly two out of three children affected by systemic poverty cannot read at grade level. Children who cant transition from learning to read to reading to learn by third grade are 13 times more likely not to graduate on time from high school. Illiteracy impacts their ability to access better opportunities in health education and the economy.