How the Literacy Center Got Started

In 1988, the Junior Woman's Club of Milford provided the financial support to establish the Milford satellite office of the Literacy Volunteers of New Haven.  This was done by a committee of women that eventually turned the task over to Frances O'Neill as the first Director.  She coordinated the program out of her home until 1992 when the city of Milford provided office space at the Margaret Egan Center.  In 1994, they broke away from the Literacy Volunteers of America and became their own non-profit, community based, literacy agency, known as the Literacy Center of Milford which serves the greater Milford, Connecticut area.  In 1995, they relocated to a larger space at the Fannie Beach Center.  Tami Jackson is currently the director of the Literacy Center of Milford.