UpCounty Family Center WAS AWARDED a grant through the Barbara Bush Foundation Second Annual Maryland Grant Competition

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy announced today that it has awarded a grant to the UpCounty Family Center in Emmitsburg, MD to fund the development of the Family Literacy Initiative. The Family Literacy Initiative will provide additional educational programs, introduce English as a Second Language instruction and will contain a literacy home visiting component. This year the Foundation awarded a total of $437,511.00 to eleven Maryland programs. Ranging in size from $10,532 to $50,000, the eleven winning grant applications were chosen from among a variety of grant proposals from non-profit organizations and public institutions.

Since Barbara Bush launched her foundation in 1989, it has awarded over $17 million to more than 500 family literacy programs in 47 different states and the District of Columbia. In addition to its national grant program, the Foundation also has four statewide initiatives in Maine, Texas, Florida, and now in Maryland.

UpCounty Family Center provides many learning opportunities to connect with other parents and children. These services include: Education- GED, Flex high and ESL, Employment readiness, Child Health and development- art, music, literacy, and social skills are nurtured, computer classes, basic life skills, Participant Leadership, and internship and Volunteer opportunities. Also, there are in-homes services as well as transportation services. All of these services are free of charge for participants.