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...

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...

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...