28 May The Sarli Family Foundation Awards KidsTLC a $75,000 Grant

KidsTLC, Inc. recently received a grant for $75,000 from the Sarli Family Foundation to provide general operating support for Outpatient Behavioral Health services.

KidsTLC’s Outpatient Behavioral Health clinic (OBH) serves children, adolescents, young adults, and families from various racial, ethnic, religious, economic, and geographic backgrounds, with a wide range of behavioral health issues ranging from mild to severe, including victims of traumatic abuse, neglect, or other difficult family disruptions. Services include assessment evaluations; individual, group, and family therapy; medication management; parental education; psychological assessments; substance abuse treatment; and telemedicine. Support for this program will allow services to be maintained for all in the face of low reimbursement rates, decreased government funding, and increased private funding competition.

KidsTLC addresses the needs of children and youth suffering from mental illness/trauma through providing a continuum of innovative, timely, and affordable treatment for children, ranging from psychiatric residential stays to outpatient behavioral health services, street outreach, and early intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Without KidsTLC’s continuum of care, over a thousand children and youth each year would not have access to services.

KidsTLC’s Outpatient Behavioral Health (OBH) program and clinic increases access to high-quality, affordable, and timely mental health care. The program serves uninsured and under-served children and families experiencing a broad range of mental health and behavioral challenges. OBH’s goal is to increase children and youth’s overall functioning and decrease problem severity across multiple settings in the home, school, and community. In addition, the program increases access to better quality behavioral health care by promoting and implementing emerging, promising, and best practices.

KidsTLC is one of Kansas City’s leading agencies serving children and young adults (18 months-24 years) through the most up-to-date trauma-informed and attachment-based care practices. In 2016, KidsTLC provided residential and outpatient mental/behavioral health services, custody prevention services, autism services, and homeless intervention to 1,700 youth and families. The mission of KidsTLC is to “Transform lives in our community.”