DePaul is a rare intervention school for dyslexia, specifically standing in the gap for kids who cannot learn to read in mainstream and special education classrooms. This mission targets the children at highest risk of lifelong illiteracy, generations-long poverty cycles, dropping out of high school early, struggling in low-paying jobs and low-income housing, and of becoming inmates in Florida prisons. Problems This Nonprofit Can Solve/Benefits To The Community 1. Dyslexia is an easily overlooked reason there are an alarming number of children and adults who cannot read, and why many high school graduates are 4-8 years behind in reading. Up to 20% of students are dyslexic and need specialized techniques to become functionally literate. School districts and most universities do not prepare educators to serve these students. This means 1 in 5 kids will automatically experience reading failure in almost every classroom despite everyone's best efforts. 2. Unaddressed dyslexia impacts our community in significant ways, from rising crime rates to nearly unbreakable poverty cycles. Over the last three decades, multiple studies found that up to 80% of people in U.S. prisons have a reading disorder (aka, The School To Prison Pipeline). Up to 85% of incarcerated people read on a 4th-grade level or lower if they can read at all. Children with unaddressed dyslexia are at far higher risk of juvenile delinquency. Since dyslexia is inherited, generations experience lifetimes of low-paying jobs, living in low-income housing, and not being able to afford intervention for their children. This disparity is much larger with non-caucasian children, who are in the least likely group to receive any help whatsoever. This school was made for them.