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The Communities Competition incentivizes organizations, communities and individuals in the United States to recruit adult learners to download and use the apps developed by four of the finalist teams in the Adult Literacy XPRIZE. 46 teams entered the Communities Competition and will recruit adult learners and distribute the free learning apps through August 31, 2019. The grand prize winners will be announced in fall 2019.


Team Name      Location
Bedtime in a Box      Baltimore, MD
901Readers      Memphis, TN
Adult Literacy Partners of Houston      Houston, TX
Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition      Chicago, IL
COABE      Syracuse, NY
Denison      Denison, TX
El Refugio - The Refuge      Sanford, NC
ESATC      Memphis, TN
Essential Education      Corvallis, OR
iMar Learning Solutions      Richardson, TX
Inspired Achievements      Atlanta, GA
KANSEL      Wichita, KS
Latino Literacy Now      Carlsbad, CA
Laundry Literacy Coalition      Washington, DC
Lit 417      Springfield, MO
Lit Fit NEO      Cleveland, OH
Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester      Worcester, MA
Makeosity, Inc.      New York, NY
Midwest Learn to Read Team      Detroit, MI
MKE      Milwaukee, WI
NAHMA      Alexandria, VA
Nashville -Davidson      Nashville, TN
Philadelphia Freedom      Philadelphia, PA
ProLiteracy      Syracuse, NY
Queens Borough Public Library      New York, NY
Rural America Center      Newnan, GA
Southeast Michigan Region 10 Adult Learners      Detroit, MI
Team LIT      Columbus, OH
Team Pichya      Ridgefield Park, NJ
Team Sarasota-Manatee      Sarasota, FL
The DREAM Team      Southaven, MS
The Literacy Council of Central Alabama      Birmingham, AL
VALUEUSA      Media, PA
Westchester Library System      Elmsford, NY
World Education      Boston, MA
First Book      Washington, DC
Cedar Riverside Adult Education      Minneapolis, MN
REAL (Refugees Engaged in Adult Literacy)      San Diego, CA
North Texas Communities Competition Team      Dallas, TX
Napa Adult Literacy Alliance       Napa, CA
Ada Adult Learning Center      Ada, OK
Nami Tentou Literacy for All      Albany, OR
The Literacy Doctors      Memphis, TN
Venture Hollywood      Los Angeles, CA
Team Mentors4EDU      Sterling Heights, MI
HHR      Bryan, TX