16 Sep

Posted at 21:30h in Success Stories
KidTLC was recently awarded a $2,500 grant from the Flo Harris Foundation to support their Thriving Families Program (previously Street Outreach Services SOS program). Bullying, depression, suicide, and unrealistic demands on children and families can lead to overwhelming levels of family distress. Inability to access appropriate services is one of the biggest barriers for families who are homeless, Spanish-speaking, or have mental health issues. Barriers can include limited knowledge of how/where to access services, cultural stigmas surrounding health issues, lack of knowledge about what services are available or how to pay for services, and transportation to services.

15 Sep

Posted at 21:31h in Success Stories

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from the American Century Foundation to provide operating support to ensure CCVI can deliver quality programming for children with blindness and visual impairment. Funding will support education programming for children including: provide operating support to ensure...

13 Sep

Posted at 21:31h in Success Stories

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) recently received a grant for $100,000 from the North American Saving Bank to support onsite in-service trainings as well as local, regional, national, and in some cases international outreach opportunities. Funding from the North American Saving Bank will support the cost of...

11 Sep

Posted at 21:33h in Success Stories

Children’s Mercy Hospital recently received a grant for $60,253 from the Health Forward Foundation to achieve physical and mental well-being for families, caregivers, and children with medical complexity by providing an eight-week, mindfulness-based stress reduction group for parents. Funding will support staff costs, facility costs (rental space), and program...

10 Sep

Posted at 21:34h in Success Stories

Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. (CMHS) was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the REACH Healthcare Foundation to support outside professional services that will allow CMHS to build and strengthen the essential infrastructure and activities of its development department. CMHS will partner with Encore Nonprofit Solutions (Encore NPS), a leading provider of...

09 Sep

Posted at 21:34h in Success Stories

Genesis Promise Academy was recently awarded a $176,890 grant from Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund to support the counseling program. The Counseling Program provides support services for students. Counselors employ Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI) for individual and group therapy. Genesis employs training skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, focused...

04 Sep

Posted at 21:40h in Success Stories

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) was recently awarded a $3,800 grant from the Neighborhood Tourism Development Fund to help sponsor their CCVI Trolley Run. The CCVI Trolley Run will take place April 26, 2020, rain or shine, and raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide services critical...