Grantee Partners

 “Encompass Mentoring Program” $8,870 This Troost-corridor agency provides safe housing for women in recovery and their children. The grant will support the provision of ongoing financial literacy/economic self-sufficiency program for 18 women at Amethyst. The program matches the women with volunteer mentors who provide emotional support and life coaching. The program includes topics such as career options, energy efficiency, tenant rights and responsibilities, financing education, predatory lending, basic math skills, paying taxes and becoming an engaged parent.

“Economic self-sufficiency services for women and girls” $20,000 Through the economic self-sufficiency services for women and girls program, Catholic Charities will continue their efforts to help low-income women gain access to educational opportunities, occupational training and support and financial literacy skills. Program offerings include job-search assistance, resume writing, interview preparation, budgeting, understanding the benefits and risks of credit cards and planning for their future needs.

  “New Roots for Refugees” $12,000 The New Roots for Refugees program will continue its work by supporting the development of entrepreneurial skills and small agricultural business among vulnerable refugee women. In the program, they learn about banking, credit and loans, business costs, profits/losses, branding, vegetable cultivation, marketing, taxation, record-keeping and cooking.

“Work Express” With partial funding from Marion Bloch Fund for Mothers and Their Families $19,500 This program will provide support services to women seeking employment and self-sufficiency through their “Work Express” program. Women receive case management, life skills, job placement assistance, coaching for interviews, transportation, vouchers and connection to continuing education/job certification opportunities.

“Women’s Internship and Job Readiness program” $11,839 This charter high school serves urban youth who have been unsuccessful in traditional high schools. The program is for selected young women at DeLaSalle who will gain exposure to real job environments and be provided personalized coaching and education about workplace competencies.

“Economic Empowerment for Teen Girls” $10,000 The new program will be based at the Waterstone Apartment Complex, a subsidized housing development where El Centro provides a number of services to residents. Teen girls will learn the basics of banking, borrowing, checking, savings, financial goal-setting, financing college and housing.

“Girl Scout Leadership Experience Financial Literacy Badge” $20,000 The funding will provide the delivery of financial literacy badge work to girls in the urban core who are served through the council’s staff-directed efforts to reach under served girls. Topics include basic coin literacy, wants vs. needs, mock banking and budgeting.

“Self-Sufficiency Project” $16,250 The Self Sufficiency Project at Hope House, a domestic violence shelter, will address the economic issues that often affect a woman’s ability to leave her abuser. Utilizing the Allstate Foundation’s Moving Ahead through Financial Management curriculum, the women will cover money management, credit, financial planning, home ownership, and career development.

$20,000 The Justice Project works with impoverished women actively seeking to restore their lives after surviving sexual exploitation and other abuses of life on the streets. The goals of this grant are to reduce recidivism among clients, help clients realize resolution of court cases, connect clients with support services and benefits for which they are eligible and assist clients in the search for safe housing, family reintegration, education and employment.

“Educational Services, Life Skills Training and Credit Counseling” $20,000 The new Women’s Center provide single, homeless women with case management, counseling, employment and job training and housing.

“Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence and Violent Crimes Project” $20,000 This project will help female immigrant survivors recover or obtain work authorization – the primary requirement for employment, Social Security, financial services, housing, student loans and college enrollment. This program also includes a large advocacy element as Legal Aid provides public education regarding immigrant women survivors.

“Breaking Free, Stepping Up” $16,250 This new program for Newhouse, a domestic violence shelter, will be educating women on replacing important identity/work documents, writing resumes, creating a household budget, obtaining public benefits and applying for affordable housing.

“Girl-Only Career Jumping” $20,000 This program provides low-income teen girls in the area’s six urban school districts the opportunity to talk with and learn from professional women in the region. The program will expand to include gender-specific work site visits, support for college and career preparation and campus visits.

“Employment Advocacy Program” $16,250 This program will provide services to domestic violence survivors with the primary focus on self-sufficiency by assisting with employment readiness, job obtainment and retention, including vocational assessment, job leads/referrals, interview coaching, follow-up search strategies and resume building.

“Economic Empowerment Program” $16,250 This program, serving 100 women, provides financial literacy, economic advocacy, case management, educational planning, interactive workshops featuring financial experts and expedited links to community resources for career development.

“Expanding Your Horizons and EYH Expansion” $9,000 These programs ignite 6th and 8th grade girls’ interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by providing hands-on, career focused activities in smal groups with a female mentor. Through participation, girls indicate interest in taking more and increasingly challenging math and science courses and indicate more interest in STEM career fields.

“Take Charge!” $6,842 With partial funding from The Sara Morgan Fund This treatment and transitional living program focuses on homeless mothers and their children. The grant will provide the residents a functional understanding of personal finance, employment skills, time management and computer application skills.

“Employment Preparation and Career Transition Training program” $20,000 This program’s main focus is to support the expansion of women’s financial capacity by providing credit-building loans, credit report analysis, affordable online banking and one on one assessments of women’s financial pictures.

“Exchange Networking Program” $16,225 This program will help women, ages 18-26, confront self-defeating beliefs that can undermine their self-sufficiency by helping them develop skills needed to reach their personal goals. Emphasis will be placed on holistic wellness, communications, financial literacy, interviewing skills and goal setting.

$5,000- to support an intern in the “New Roots for Refugees” program to work alongside refugee women farmers and their daughters, helping them grow their produce businesses, provide for their families and transition to life in Kansas City.

 $3,610 – to support an intern in the “Keys to College Success” program which aids young Latinas from migrant families to further their education by giving them the skills they need to make college attendance a reality. Those skills include ACT preparation, study strategies, college visits, financial literacy and application completion help.

$1,470 – This grant will provide Awesome Ambitions a small amount to get started on their “Financial Literacy web-based project.” Through this hands-on, interactive program, girls will have the opportunity to learn about financial management, self-sufficiency and career development in a fictitious, online world. Through the program, the girls will be able to have a career, earn a paycheck, have debt to manage, apply for credit and obtain housing…all from their computer screen.

$2,200 - The “Career Launch” program benefits low-income, urban teen girls by helping them develop essential skills for workforce success. Girls will also be matched with female community volunteers in their chosen field. The pairs will meet twice a month and will focus on goal-setting and mapping out a plan for the girls to achieve them.

$2,200 - This grant will benefit the “Discovery Girls” group at Marillac which is comprised of girls with Asperger’s or similar difficulties. The program will teach these teens appropriate social behaviors that will assist them in job-related communications. They will work on skills such as public speaking, meeting new people, going on job interviews, conducting business at a bank and workplace behavioral skills such as proper attire, hygiene, manners and more.

$4,000 - This grant will provide support to the  Latinas Sin Limites program. This support group for the daughters of migrant farm workers helps the girls receive education on healthy relationships, diversity, higher education, college application process, ACT preparation, professions, money/financial literacy, nutrition, community service and the environment.

$3,300 - This grant will support the E4 program for pre-teen girls and helps them identify a career they are interested in and then learn the steps to obtain that career. The girls are matched with a female adult in that chosen career to serve as a mentor or role model. The girls will experience job interviews, job shadows, financial planning and literacy, goal-setting and money management.

$2,000 - The “Teen Parent support Services” program helps pregnant and parenting teens acquire personal, family and life skills they need to have a safe and healthy life. Services promote independence through educational attainment, employment, improved parenting skills and the utilization of life skills (including personal finance).

Choice Fund -$3,500- Funds efforts to improve the quality of life for women and girls in the areas of reproductive health and sexuality education.

$3,500 – To provide the “Dramatic AIDS Education Project” to over 4,000 females, ages 13-18. Through a combination of a professional actor and a medical student, accompanied by slides and music, these presentations highlight and educate young people about HIV-infected youth.

Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation Sports Fund – $2,430 – Supports programs promoting increased opportunities for girls and women to participate in sports and enjoy the myriad benefits therof.

$2,430 – To provide self-defense training classes to women who would not otherwise have access to such a class, at their Quindaro Family Healthcare facility. The classes will be provided free of cost to 60 women.