About

The Maine Family Literacy Initiative is a program of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy designed to support the development and/or improvement of family literacy throughout the state of Maine.

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy has provided over $3 million in family literacy grants to 183 Maine Family Literacy (MEFLI) Programs since 1996.

Maine Family Literacy Initiative 4829 Tara View Road Leesburg, FL 34748 Email Phone: 352-365-9845 352-365-9845 Contact MEFLI

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy 1201 15th Street NW Suite 420 Washington DC 20005

Barbara Bush, Honorary Chair

Staff
Benita Somerfield, Executive Director
Becky Dyer, MEFLI Director
Kiev Richardson, Program Associate

Maine Family Literacy Initiative Advisory Board

• Benita Somerfield – Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
• Shirley Helfrich - Southern Maine Library District
• Brita Zitin - Born to Read, Maine Humanities Council
• Ruth Griffin - Teen and Young Parent Program of Knox County
• Diane Skog - Raising Readers, Maine Health
• Kathy Manning – Title IA, Maine Department of Education
• Janine Blatt – Early Childhood, Maine Department of Education
• Sarah Robinson - Literacy Volunteers of Maine
• Julia Walkling - New Books, New Readers, Maine Humanities Council
• Rob Wood – Portland Adult Education
• Carolyn Drugge - Office of Child Care and Head Start, Maine Department of Health and Human Services
• Sheryl Peavey - Office of Early Childhood, Maine Department o f Health and Human Services
• Carol Wynne – Center for Adult Learning and Literacy, University of Maine