Success Stories

15 Nov Jackson County Outside Agency Funding Awards $358,000 Grant to United Inner City Services (UICS)

Posted at 18:40h in Success Stories

United Inner City Services (UICS) was recently awarded a $358,000 grant from the Jackson County Outside Agency Funding to provide general operating support for its early childhood education programs at St. Mark Center and the new Metro Center location. Funding will support approximately 275 children and their families with...

13 Nov Department of Justice (DOJ) Awards $250,000 Grant to Raytown Quality Schools (RQS)

Posted at 18:39h in Success Stories

Raytown Quality Schools (RQS) recently received a grant for $250,000 from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, STOP Technology and Threat Assessment Grant (DOJ BJA) to install and implement Anyvision facial recognition software (FRS), which will enable anonymous identification and reporting of potentially dangerous...

10 Nov Oppenstein Brothers Foundation Grants $25,000 to YMCA of Greater Kansas City

Posted at 18:13h in Success Stories

YMCA of Greater Kansas City was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from Oppenstein Brothers Foundation to support positive youth development programming at the Linwood Y. The Y’s Youth Development Continuum includes daily afterschool academic enrichment programming. Caring adult youth development workers and volunteers are trained in positive...

07 Nov Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives $10,000 Grant from Jacob and Ella Loose Foundation

Posted at 16:53h in Success Stories

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...

06 Nov Irven E. and NeVada P. Linscomb Foundation Awards $25,000 Grant to Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI)

Posted at 16:50h in Success Stories

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...

05 Nov YMCA of Greater Kansas City Receives $10,000 Grant from General Mills Foundation, Hometown Giving

Posted at 16:49h in Success Stories

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...

03 Nov The Stanley H. Durwood Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI)

Posted at 16:48h in Success Stories

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. CCVI will incentivize...

02 Nov United Inner City Services Receives $10,000 Grant from the Helen S. Boylan Foundation

Posted at 16:47h in Success Stories

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. For more than 50 years, United Inner City Services (UICS) has served the Kansas City community as a...

01 Nov Oppenstein Brothers Foundation Awards $20,000 Grant to KidsTLC, Inc.

Posted at 16:47h in Success Stories

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

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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...