Literacy programs honored

WASHINGTON — Barbara Bush on Friday honored 11 organizations for their programs to advance literacy and announced grants to the groups totaling $500,000.

The grants were made by the non-profit Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy:

The New Haven Public Schools for Project HELP, which serves the literacy needs of families in a homeless shelter.

The Community Action Center of Pullman, Wash., which focuses on victims of child abuse and neglect.

The YWCA of Elgin, Ill., for its Family Literacy Project geared to low-income people with limited English ability.

The Center for Family Resources in Hempstead, N.Y., for its program serving urban and rural families.

Whitley County Communities for Children of Williamsburg, Ky., which has a mobile literacy program serving five rural communities in Appalachia.

The Montana Office of Public Instruction for helping Native Americans, welfare mothers and children.

Delmarva Rural Ministries Inc. of Dover, Del., for its classes serving migrant workers.

Cohn Adult Learning Center for Future Directions, of Nashville, which offers computer instruction in a public housing project.

Lawrence Public Library in Massachusetts, for helping immigrants learn to read.

The Honolulu Community Action Program Inc. for its Waianae Family Literacy program for Head Start parents and children from diverse cultures.

Plantation Education Program, Inc., of New Iberia, La., which uses computer-assisted instruction to teach Cajun and black residents living in bayou subsidized housing.