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Check out the numbers here: Adult Literacy Budget FY2012

For at least 93 million low-skilled adults in the United States, greater economy opportunity rests on their ability to access education that can help prepare them for college and career success. One of the most significant federal funding streams dedicated to this purpose is Title II (the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act) of the Workforce Investment Act. States receive these federal funds and then distribute grants to local providers to help low-skilled adults improve their basic skills and English language proficiency. Although federal adult education has traditionally been supplemented by sizeable state-level matching funds, a decline in federal and state funding for adult education has resulted in states serving only fraction of the students—2 million out of 93 million—who could benefit from services.