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Adult literacy director seeks new hire as program shows steady outcomes, waits lists remain
Summary
The county's adult literacy program reported steady operations and asked to keep a vacant hire in the FY26 request to reduce wait lists and support testing needs; director Dixie told commissioners the program graduated 51 students last year and that rent increases reflected historic underfunding.
Ravalli County's adult literacy director told the Board of County Commissioners on May 12 that the program expects to underspend this year because it did not hire an additional staff member but needs to fill that position in FY26 to reduce waiting lists.
"We're still having waiting lists and having people, that we can't get to," Dixie said. She asked commissioners to leave funding in the FY26 budget to hire another staffer and said she expected to hire before September. "I would say…
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