Metro Lutheran Ministries (MLM) recently received a grant for $22,830 from the George and Helen Davis Trust Foundation to support MLM’s Growing Gifts Initiative. The financial support from the Davis Trust for the Growing Gifts Initiative has been vital to MLM as it expands its development and...
Metro Lutheran Ministries (MLM) was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from Oppenstein Brothers Foundation to support the new Northland Service Center. The new Northland Service Center will increase MLM’s ability to provide direct services promoting self-sufficiency for disadvantaged people in Clay and Platte counties. The 4,300 square-foot...
Kansas City, Kansas Public School District was recently awarded a $1,392,289 grant from the Kansas Children's Cabinet Trust Fund - Early Childhood Block Grant to address a service gap for at-risk populations in their borders. They will be able to increase services for children ages 36-48 months and...
Metro Lutheran Ministries (MLM) was recently awarded a $14,750 grant from the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas to support their Community Care Program. MLM proposes to assist families through rent and utility payment assistance for the prevention of homelessness. Households at risk of having their utilities shut...
Metro Lutheran Ministries (MLM) recently received a grant for $145,000 from the Hall Family Foundation to support the construction and renovation of their Northland Community Care service location. 2014 and 2015, a new Service Center for MLM will be built to increase MLM's ability to serve the Northland community. ...
Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA) recently received a grant for $5,000 from the Truman Heartland Community Foundation (THCF) to help fund their Family Support Services (FSS) program. Family Support Services (FSS) delivers therapeutic, psycho-educational services in both community and home-based settings to help children and families build on their...
Metro Lutheran Ministries (MLM) recently received a grant for $15,000 from the Jewish Heritage Foundation to provide general operating funds for their Minor Home Repair program. The Minor Home Repair program is for low-income seniors over 65 years whose households have a combined net income at or below 150%...
CMHS (Comprehensive Mental Health Services) recently received a grant for $50,000 from the Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund (JCCMHF) to fund participation in the Jackson County Mental Health Court Monitoring program. The Mental Health Courts program supports and improved the following capacities across the Jackson County mental health...
School districts across the country welcome students who exhibit a wide range of school readiness when they enter kindergarten. Schools then have four years, kindergarten through third grade, to teach their students to read. By fourth grade, schools use reading as a tool to learn...
I’ve been there, that place where many music teachers find themselves today with a lot on their plates and few dollars to fund their programs. I have worked in a rural school district where the general music teacher wears every hat, from choir, orchestra, and...