Barbara Bush’s Family Literacy Mission to Continue in New Initiative

The George & Barbara Bush Foundation announces a new fund that streamlines grant support to community-based family literacy programs nationwide.

Alice Gonzalez Yates, CEO of the George and Barbara Bush Foundation, announces on Wednesday the launch of the Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy, a new initiative providing grant support for high-quality family literacy programs nationwide, at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service in Washington D.C. (Photo courtesy of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation)

After more than 35 years, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, the nonprofit established by the former first lady that has raised and provided more than $130 million in support to literacy programs in every state including the District of Columbia, is coming to a close.

But, Mrs. Bush’s literacy mission continues.

The announcement was made Wednesday evening during a reception at Texas A&M University’s Bush School for Government & Public Service in Washington, D.C., where Alice Gonzalez Yates, CEO of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation, unveiled the launch of the Barbara Bush Fund for Family Li…