Thank you for that question.
There are a few things. It's very easy to get caught up in the idea that literacy classes will not be cut, but what will be cut is the entire infrastructure that supports a literacy program.
Let me give you an example that may be closer to home here, in terms of running a government. You do not run a government with just a Prime Minister. You have your ministers, you have your researchers, you have your analysts, you have your lobbyists. You have an entire component that actually supports the work that needs to be done.
Taking it back to literacy, an instructor will not be able to deliver the same kind of programming—and also volunteers, because we have a lot of volunteer tutors—without tutor training, without practitioner training, without the research that looks at what the needs of this population are, without the outreach to try to draw students into programs.
Right now, only 10% of people who actually need literacy programs are identified and come to programs. For the type of outreach you need, you cannot send out flyers. You have to be very creative in how you highlight the opportunities for people.