Grants in Action
Installation of two sensory walls at KidsTLC provides education and promote self-reliance for children with ASD who have issues with sensory processing. Funding for this project was provided by the CPS Foundation and the Mader Family Foundation. READ MORE about this project!
07 Nov Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives $10,000 Grant from Jacob and Ella Loose Foundation
Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) recently received a grant for $10,000 from the Jacob L. and Ella C. Loose Foundation to assist families with basic needs. Funding will provide gas cards, diapers, car seats, meals, and other basic needs identified by CCVI’s social worker, teachers, or therapists as they work with families.
06 Nov Irven E. and NeVada P. Linscomb Foundation Awards $25,000 Grant to Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI)
Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from Irven E. and NeVada P. Linscomb Foundation to support the Early Intervention Program for children with blindness or visual impairment and their families. CCVI’s Early Intervention Program provides regularly scheduled home-based instruction and therapies and center-based evaluations of the infant and toddler’s developmental progress, beginning as soon as the child is diagnosed through the age of three. Working with the parents in regularly scheduled home visits, early intervention teachers and therapists provide the strategies and activities that can be practiced daily and generalized to the world beyond.
05 Nov YMCA of Greater Kansas City Receives $10,000 Grant from General Mills Foundation, Hometown Giving
YMCA of Greater Kansas City recently received a grant for $10,000 from the General Mills Foundation Hometown Giving to support the Y’s Food Program. The Y’s Food Program consists of open meal distribution sites, five-component meals for youth enrolled in Y-Club afterschool care, and Saturday breakfasts. The Y intends to serve 90,000 meals to 7,500 children in the next 12 months. The program helps ensure that healthy food is available, adequate, accessible, affordable, and appropriate for children experiencing food insecurity. It is the Y’s goal to offer five-component meals and serve fresh produce with meals as often as possible.
03 Nov The Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI)
Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) recently received a grant for $20,000 from the Stanley H. Durwood Foundation to fund incentives for teachers to gain their TVI and/or O&M certification as an investment in CCVI’s future and the long-term success of our patients.
02 Nov United Inner City Services Receives $10,000 Grant from the Helen S. Boylan Foundation
United Inner City Services (UICS) recently received a grant for $10,000 from the Helen S. Boylan Foundation to support general operations of the early childhood program at the St. Mark Center.
01 Nov Oppenstein Brothers Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to KidsTLC, Inc.
KidsTLC, Inc. recently received a grant for $20,000 from the Oppenstein Brothers Foundation to support their Lotus Behavioral Health Specialty Clinics for Youth (& Families). Funding from the Oppenstein Brothers Foundation will help support the overall sustainability of the clinic and the vital services it provides to underserved and underinsured families. This funding will assist over 2,000 youth who struggle with anxiety, self-harm/suicidal thoughts, and a myriad of other mental health concerns through over 10,500 encounters. The Lotus Clinic will focus on increasing the availability of anxiety disorder services; support for the LGBTQ+ population; and specialized Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) services while also continuing general outpatient therapy.
31 Oct Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. (CMHS) Receives $7,960 from MODOT MEHTAP
Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. (CMHS) was recently awarded a $7,960 grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT), Missouri Elderly and Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program (MEHTAP) to transport patients who are elderly to medical appointments and other critical transportation needs. CMHS anticipates transportation services for elderly patients will...
30 Oct Irven E. & NeVada P. Linscomb Foundation Awards a $20,000 Grant to the YMCA of Greater Kansas City
The YMCA of Greater Kansas City recently received a grant for $20,000 from the Irven E. & NeVada P. Linscomb Foundation to deliver trauma-informed education services for low-income and disadvantaged children, ages 3-5 years, in Clay and Platte counties.