Welcome to
CORE The Learning Center
“Helping you achieve more today”
Phone: (844)969-2673 | Fax: (585)861-6004
Working toward a GED, building your English, or brushing up on reading and math, our Adult Education classes meet you exactly where you’re starting from. Free, in person instruction is available at community centers across the region, built around your goals, not a test score.
Since 2010, our Youth Services team has supported young people through after school programs and school based violence prevention work in local districts. We also partner with Allegany County to give court involved youth a real second chance through structured, incentive based support.
Whether you’re looking for your first job or a better one, Work Readiness pairs you with real coaching, including résumé help, interview practice, and workforce certifications, plus connections to local employers. You leave prepared, not just informed.
From your first email account to using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with confidence, our Digital Literacy program builds real computer skills at your own pace. Lessons follow the nationally recognized Northstar Digital Literacy standard, so what you learn stays with you wherever you need it next.
Every year, neighbors walk through our doors and walk out with a GED, a new job, or the confidence to use a computer for the first time. Our Stories is where we share those moments, real people and real progress, right here in our own community.
Need a laptop, a private space for a telehealth visit, or a hand with an online form? Our Community Resource Rooms give you free access to computers, the internet, and a real person to help. No appointment necessary.
Rural Spark-Ed brings free digital skills training straight to rural Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming, Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua Counties, no trip to a center required. A mobile computer lab and a friendly Digital Navigator come right to your library, senior center, or town hall, ready to help with everything from email to Microsoft Office.
Literacy Statistics
1 in 6 Students
(That’s 1.2 million)
Disenroll from high school without finishing every year.
Approximately 18%
of adults 16 years and older (38,899) in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Genesee, Livingston and Wyoming counties combined read at or below Level 1.1
10 Mil+ Americans
Reach the 12th grade without having learned to read at a basic level.
1.5 Mil People
That fall into the two lowest levels of literacy proficiency are incarcerated.
Funding is ⬇ 17%
for Adult Education Programs and English Language instruction since 2002.
CORE The Learning Center is a division of Literacy West NY, Inc.
Contact us: Phone (844)969-2673 | Fax (585)861-6004