CAMILLA, Ga. — Southwest Georgia Regional Certified Literate Community Program (CLCP) recently announced that a monumental goal has been reached.  Over 30,000 individuals in the 14 county region have been served, over 3,000 GED tests have been paid for and well over a million dollars has been raised for literacy since 2005.  

Region 10 includes Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas and Worth counties.

CLCP is an initiative of the Technical College System of Georgia to promote family literacy and adult education.

Data reflects that low literacy levels are interconnected with unemployment, poverty, crime, ill health, inadequate housing, and substance abuse, the group said in a press release.