Eighteen Regional Literacy Coordinating Committees (RLCC) were created in 1987 by the Virginia Literacy Initiative to support communication and a continuum of opportunities among literacy service providers, the community at large and business resource organizations. These 18 RLCCs cover all the regions in Virginia. See the list of the 18 regions below.
Region 1: Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, Wise and the city of Norton
Region 2: Counties of Bland, Bristol, Galax, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, and Wythe
Region 3: Counties of Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin,
Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, and the cities of Clifton Forge,
Covington, Radord, Roanoke, and Salem
Region 4: Counties of Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, Rockingham,
and the cities of Buena Vista, Harrisonburg, Lexington, and Staunton
Region 5: Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, Warren, and Winchester
Region 6: Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William and
the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas
Park
Region 7: Counties of Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock
Region 8: Counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson and the city of Charlottesville
Region 9: Counties of Amherst, Bedford, Appomatox, Cambell and the cities of Lynchburg, Alta Vista and Bedford
Region 10: Counties of Halifax, Henry, Patrick, Pittsylvania and the cities of Danville, Martinsville and South Boston
Region 11: Counties of Amelia, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Greensville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and Nottoway
Region 12: Counties of Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan and the city of Richmond
Region 13: Counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, Stratford and the city of Fredericksburg
Region 14: Counties of Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmoreland,
Richmond, Essex, Gloucester, King & Queen, King William, Mathews,
Middlesex, New Kent and the city of Colonial Beach
Region 15: Counties of York, Williamsburg/James City and the cities of Hampton, Newport News and Poquoson
Region 16: Counties of Charles City, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince
George, Surry, Sussex and the cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia,
Hopewell and Petersburg
Region 17: Counties of Isle of Wight, Southampton and the cities of
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, and Franklin