Success Stories

26 Sep Powell Gardens Receives $500 Grant from the Lee’s Summit Rotary

Posted at 21:06h in Success Stories

Powell Gardens was recently awarded a $500 grant from the Lee’s Summit Rotary to support the Trails Tales program. The Trail Tales program is a new collaborative effort between Powell Gardens, the Mid-Continent Public Library, and the Rabbit Hole, Kansas City's future children's literature museum and “Explorastorium.” Trail Tales will feature...

22 Sep Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives Grant for $20,000 from the Developmental Disabilities Resource Board of Clay County – Capital Grant Program

Posted at 21:08h in Success Stories

Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) recently received a grant for $20,000 from the Developmental Disabilities Resource Board of Clay County – Capital Grant Program to refurbish the changing rooms that serve the therapeutic pool in the Children’s Center Campus. Funding will be used to refurbish the changing...

21 Sep Powell Gardens Receives $10,000 Grant from the American Century Foundation

Posted at 21:10h in Success Stories

Powell Gardens recently received a grant for $10,000 from the American Century Foundation to deliver five Family Frolic events and provide free event admission and transportation to 300 parents and children who would likely not otherwise have the opportunity to participate in such an event. Seasonal Family Frolics feature...

20 Sep Liberty Community Chorus Receives $500 Grant from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund

Posted at 21:14h in Success Stories

Liberty Community Chorus was recently awarded a $500.00 grant from the Martha Lee Cain Tranby Music Enrichment Fund to support its spring 2019 and fall 2019 performances. The Chorus will present “Passion and Splendor” at the Community of Christ Temple in Independence, Missouri. This concert will cap off the...

16 Sep KidTLC Receives $2,500 Grant from the Flo Harris Foundation

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 Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives $10,000 Grant from the American Century Foundation

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 Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI) Receives $100,000 Grant from the North American Saving Bank

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 Children’s Mercy Hospital Receives $60,253 Grant from the Health Forward Foundation

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 Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. (CMHS) Receives $30,000 Grant from the REACH Healthcare Foundation

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 Genesis Promise Academy is Awarded a $176,890 Grant from the Jackson County Community Mental Health Fund

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...