JACKSON COUNTY KIDS NEED OUR HELP

Our Funded Partners Making an Impact on Jackson County Kids

As mental and behavioral health continues to be a growing concern in the local community, we’re proud of the critical work our funded partners are doing. It isn’t someone else’s problem. It is our responsibility to support kids, youth, and their families and build a healthy, thriving community. Since 2018, we’ve awarded more than $68 million to 195 programs across Jackson County. Learn more about our dedicated partners and their innovative programs below.

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Funding Children's mental health

Why it matters

It's easy to think that kids are naturally resilient and not susceptible to the same issues as adults are. But childhood is where many of those adult issues begin.

Read more about the mental and behavioural health challenges kids in Jackson County have, and how our partners are meeting their needs.

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OUR FUNDED PARTNERS

kcdsi.org/

2025:

  • Mental Health Services for Families to Support Life Trajectories for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Jackson County: $175,000.00

2024:

  • Mental Health Services for Families to Support Life Trajectories for Children with Developmental Disabilities in Jackson County: $125,000.00
drummforkids.org

2025:

  • COMPASS Transitional Living Program: $222,705.00
  • Drumm Farm Clinical Services Expansion Project: $370,000.00

2024:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project: $278,428.00

2023:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project: $232,024.00

2022:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project: $225,000.00

2021:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project: $168,054.00

2020:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project: $175,854.00

2019:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Expansion Project: $172,127.00

2018:

  • Drumm Farm Clinical Services Expansion Project: $80,843.00
uicskc.org

2025:

  • Inspiring Minds Initiative: $170,000.00

2024:

  • Inspiring Minds Initiative: $160,000.00
  • Mental Health Intervention Program: $135,000.00

2023:

  • Mental Health Intervention Program: $135,000.00

2022:

  • Mental Health Intervention Program: $135,000.00

2021:

  • UICS Metro Center Early Childhood Mental Health Intervention: $105,000.00

2020:

  • UICS Metro Center Early Childhood Mental Health Intervention: $100,000.00

2019:

  • UICS Metro Center Early Childhood Mental Health Intervention: $100,000.00
easterseals.com/midwest/

2025:

  • Home Visiting for Families with Children Ages 3 to 19: $212,812.00

2024:

  • Applied Behavioral Analysis: $216,000.00

2023:

  • Applied Behavioral Analysis: $180,000.00

2022:

  • Applied Behavioral Analysis: $135,000.00

2021:

  • Applied Behavioral Analysis: $124,990.00
emmanuelschildcare.org

2025:

  • Addressing Generational Trauma and Mental Wellness: $230,000.00

2024:

  • Addressing Generational Trauma and Mental Wellness: $230,000.00
  • Trauma-Informed Continuum of Care: $153,000.00

2023:

  • Trauma-Informed Continuum of Care: $153,000.00

2022:

  • Trauma-Informed Continuum of Care: $153,000.00

2021:

  • Trauma-Informed Continuum of Care: $131,250.00

2020:

  • Trauma-Informed Continuum of Care: $125,000.00

2019:

  • Trauma-Informed Continuum of Care: $125,000.00
www.epkc.org

2025:

  • Empowerment Pathways Project: $182,250.00

2024:

  • Therapeutic Services: $162,000.00

2023:

  • Therapeutic Services: $135,000.00

2022:

  • Therapeutic Services: $135,000.00

2021:

  • Therapeutic Programs to Combat Child Abuse and Family Violence: $120,000.00
efamilies.org/

2024:

  • Closing the Digital Divide, Providing 24/7 Virtual Mental Healthcare Services: $200,000.00
everychildshope.org/steppingstone

2025:

  • Transitional Living Program: $750,000.00

2024:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $375,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $315,000.00

2023:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $335,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $262,500.00

2022:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $335,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $262,500.00

2021:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $315,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $262,500.00

2020:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $300,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $250,000.00

2019:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $300,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $250,000.00

2018:

  • Community-Based Transitional Living: $180,000.00
  • Temporary Shelter at Steppingstone: $200,000.00
lifeworkskc.org

2023:

  • Brainworks Virtual Residential Treatment Program: $160,000.00

2022:

  • Brainworks Virtual Residential Treatment Program: $150,000.00

2021:

  • Brainworks Virtual Residential Treatment Program: $135,000.00
firstcallkc.org

2025:

  • First Call Family Services: $221,965.00

2024:

  • First Call Family Services: $151,638.00

2023:

  • First Call Family Services: $126,365.00

2022:

  • First Call Family Services: $127,403.00

2021:

  • First Call Family Services: $104,535.00

2020:

  • First Call Family Services: $99,558.00

2019:

  • First Call Family Services: $102,378.00

2018:

  • Caring for Kids: $35,000.00
fosteradopt.org

2025:

  • Family Stability Initiative: $441,000.00
  • Community Based Family Prevention Services: $285,000.00

2024:

  • Clinical Therapy Services: $124,035.00
  • Jackson County Fostering Prevention Program: $157,461.00

2023:

  • Jackson County Fostering Prevention Program: $131,218.00
  • Jackson County Behavioral Interventionist Program: $170,000.00

2022:

  • Jackson County Fostering Prevention Program: $127,000.00
  • Jackson County Behavioral Interventionist Program: $160,000.00

2021:

  • Jackson County Fostering Prevention Program: $143,462.00
  • Jackson County Behavioral Interventionist Program: $120,750.00

2020:

  • Jackson County Behavioral Interventionist Program: $115,000.00

2019:

  • Jackson County Behavioral Interventionist Program: $115,000.00

2018:

  • Jackson County Behavioral Interventionist Program: $148,500.00
  • Family Connections Shelter/Preschool Program: $53,010.00
frontporchalliance.org

2025:

  • Neighborhood Families: $315,000.00

2024:

  • Neighborhood Families: $210,000.00

2023:

  • Neighborhood Families: $175,000.00

2022:

  • Neighborhood Families: $175,000.00

2021:

  • Neighborhood Families: $175,000.00

2020:

  • Neighborhood Families: $180,000.00

2019:

  • Neighborhood Families: $136,217.00

2018:

  • Neighborhood Families: Family support, education, and children's wellbeing services in urban Jackson County: $70,868.00
www.frontierschools.org/

2025:

  • Crisis Intervention Program for Urban Core PreK-12: $275,000.00

2024:

  • Crisis Intervention Program for Urban Core PreK-12: $275,000.00
genesisschool.org

2025:

  • Counseling and Wellness Program: $100,000.00

2024:

  • Counseling and Wellness Program: $100,000.00

2023:

  • Counseling and Wellness Program: $100,000.00

2022:

  • Counseling and Wellness Program: $100,000.00

2020:

  • Counseling Services Expansion: $50,829.00

2019:

  • Counseling Services Expansion: $50,829.00
gildasclubkc.org

2025:

  • Cancer Education & Support for Chilren, Teen, and Families: $14,620.00

2024:

  • Children, Teens and Family Expansion: $13,923.00

2023:

  • Children, Teens and Family Expansion: $11,603.00

2022:

  • Children, Teens and Family Expansion: $11,403.00

2021:

  • Children, Teens and Family Expansion: $10,345.00

2020:

  • Children, Teens and Family Expansion: $9,850.00
gordonparks.org

2025:

  • Improve Mental Health and Well-Being Supports in School: $160,000.00

2024:

  • Improve Mental Health and Well-Being Supports in School: $160,000.00

2023:

  • Improve Mental Health and Well-Being Supports in School: $128,030.00

2022:

  • Improve Mental Health and Well-Being Supports in School: $124,660.00

2021:

  • Improved Access to Mental Health Assessment: $97,176.00

2020:

  • Improved Access to Mental Health Assessment: $97,176.44
gapcares.org

2025:

  • Putting Students First: $75,000.00

2024:

  • Putting Students First: $68,718.00

2023:

  • Putting Students First: $57,265.00

2022:

  • Putting Students First: $55,901.00

2021:

  • Putting Students First: $77,540.00

2020:

  • Putting Students First: $73,847.97
greatcircle.org

2021:

  • Learn, Grow, Thrive: $142,500.00
  • Empowering Children for Healthy Outcomes: $215,000.00

2020:

  • Learn, Grow, Thrive: $180,706.00
  • Empowering Children for Healthy Outcomes: $234,694.00

2019:

  • Learn, Grow, Thrive: $182,033.00
  • Empowering Children for Healthy Outcomes: $235,875.00

2018:

  • Pervasive Emotion Dysregulation Intensive Outpatient Program: $125,000.00
www.greaterimpactkc.org/

2025:

  • Crisis Support and Intervention for Children and Families: $95,000.00
greenworkskc.org

2025:

  • ECOS Nature Discovery: $60,000.00

2024:

  • ECOS Nature Discovery: $41,300.00

2023:

  • ECOS Nature Discovery: $41,300.00

2022:

  • ECOS Nature Discovery: $34,440.00

2021:

  • ECOS Nature Discovery: $40,907.00

2020:

  • ECOS Nature Discovery: $40,907.00
www.gck12.org/

2025:

  • Healthy Minds, Thriving Students: $225,000.00

2024:

  • Healthy Minds, Thriving Students: $225,000.00
guadalupecenters.org

2025:

  • Fuerza: $160,000.00
  • Youth Life Skills & Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $156,800.00

2024:

  • Fuerza: $160,000.00
  • Youth Life Skills & Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $156,800.00
  • Enhanced Bilingual Child and Youth Counseling and Therapy: $64,200.00

2023:

  • Bilingual Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents and Youth: $106,687.00
  • Enhanced Bilingual Child and Youth Counseling and Therapy: $107,000.00

2022:

  • Bilingual Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents and Youth: $106,687.00
  • Enhanced Bilingual Child and Youth Counseling and Therapy: $107,000.00

2021:

  • Bilingual Child & Family Counseling: $107,000.00
  • Youth Life Skills Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $32,155.00

2020:

  • Youth Life Skills Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $37,952.00

2019:

  • Youth Life Skills Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $37,952.00
  • Youth Life Skills Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $14,783.00

2018:

  • Youth Life Skills Substance Abuse Prevention Program: $29,565.00
www.hickmanmills.org/

2025:

  • Restorative Practices Paradigm Shift: $385,000.00

2024:

  • Restorative Practices Paradigm Shift: $385,000.00
hillcrestkc.org

2025:

  • Shelter and Prevention for Homeless Youth in Jackson County: $240,350.00

2024:

  • New Youth Transitional Living Program in Jackson County: $160,929.00

2023:

  • New Youth Transitional Living Program in Jackson County: $134,108.00

2022:

  • New Youth Transitional Living Program in Jackson County: $116,116.00
hopehouse.net

2025:

  • Hope House's Children's Services Program: $188,250.00
  • Hope House's Guardian Program Expansion Project: $317,622.00

2024:

  • Hope House's Children's Services Program: $125,491.00
  • Hope House's Guardian Program Expansion Project: $222,675.00

2023:

  • Children's Services Program: $104,576.00
  • The Guardian Program: $185,563.00

2022:

  • Children's Services Program: $99,391.00
  • The Guardian Program: $180,332.00

2021:

  • Child and Family Advocacy Program: $97,840.00
  • The Guardian Program: $181,584.00

2020:

  • Child and Family Advocacy Program: $97,840.00
  • The Guardian Program: $181,584.00

2019:

  • Child and Family Advocacy Program: $93,085.00
  • The Guardian Program: $182,074.00

2018:

  • Hope House's Guardian Program Expansion Project: $100,000.00
isdschools.org

2025:

  • ISD Family Services CARE: $660,000.00

2024:

  • ISD Family Services CARE: $660,000.00
  • Hispanic Outreach, Partnership and Engagement Services: $200,300.00
  • Family Services Initiative: $258,500.00

2023:

  • Hispanic Outreach, Partnership and Engagement Services: $200,300.00
  • Family Services Initiative: $258,500.00

2022:

  • Hispanic Outreach, Partnership and Engagement Services: $192,600.00
  • Family Services Initiative: $250,000.00

2021:

  • Family Services Initiative: $227,000.00

2020:

  • Family Services Initiative: $221,017.00

2019:

  • Family Services Initiative: $215,993.50
  • Bridger PRIDE (Attendance and Student Success) Program: $27,500.00

2018:

  • Bridger PRIDE (Attendance and Student Success) Program: $55,000.00
jacksoncountycasa-mo.org

2025:

  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $350,000.00
  • Volunteer Attorney Guardian Ad Litem Intervention & Advocacy: $250,000.00

2024:

  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $260,820.00
  • Volunteer Attorney Guardian Ad Litem Intervention & Advocacy: $205,200.00

2023:

  • Volunteer Attorney Guardian Ad Litem Intervention & Advocacy: $171,000.00
  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $217,350.00

2022:

  • Volunteer Attorney Guardian Ad Litem Intervention & Advocacy: $144,000.00
  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $207,000.00

2021:

  • Volunteer Attorney Guardian Ad Litem Intervention & Advocacy: $149,999.00
  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $219,905.00

2020:

  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $209,433.00

2019:

  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $209,433.00

2018:

  • Intervention and Advocacy for Abused and Neglected Children in Jackson County: $75,000.00
jfskc.org

2025:

  • Child and Family Counseling: $149,940.00
  • School Based Mental Health and Wellness: $92,500.00

2024:

  • School Based Mental Health and Wellness: $87,500.00
  • Child and Family Counseling: $132,000.00
  • You Be You: $66,600.00

2023:

  • Child and Family Counseling: $110,000.00
  • You Be You: $66,600.00

2022:

  • Child and Family Counseling: $105,000.00
  • You Be You: $62,100.00

2021:

  • Child and Family Counseling: $105,000.00
  • You Be You: $73,820.00

2020:

  • Child and Family Counseling: $105,000.00
  • You Be You: $73,820.00

2019:

  • Child and Family Counseling: $50,750.00
  • You Be You: $70,500.00
jvskc.org

2025:

  • Social Work - Youth: $525,000.00

2024:

  • Social Work - Youth: $330,000.00

2023:

  • Social Work - Youth: $275,000.00

2022:

  • Social Work - Youth: $250,000.00

2021:

  • Project SOAR (Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Refugees): $221,300.00

2020:

  • Project SOAR (Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Refugees): $210,761.00

2019:

  • Project SOAR (Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Refugees): $200,000.00

2018:

  • Project SOAR (Strengthening Opportunities for Adolescent Refugees): $187,500.00
www.justiceanddignitycenter.org/

2025:

  • A Two Year Continuation of the YES (Youth Exit Specialists) Project, a Youth Crisis Home within Kansas City: $330,000.00
partners

What our funded partners say about the CSF

MaryAnnMetheny-HopeHouse

"The CSF team are the most wonderful people to work with — so understanding and tuned in to what’s going on. They’ve allowed us to keep kids safe, help them get their childhood back, and enjoy it again."

MaryAnne Metheny, CEO at Hope House in Eastern Jackson County
KirstiMillar_ReDiscover

"The CSF funds have allowed us to grow the Zero Youth Suicide program. Without their support, we could not have added the therapists needed to support the increasing number of youth facing mental health challenges. Their support has been the biggest game changer for us!"

Kirsti Millar M.S., LPC, Program Manager at ReDiscover in Lee’s Summit
StarlaBrennan_AmethystPlace

"Many of us don’t realize that each purchase we make in Jackson County provides essential mental health support to children in our community. In just five years, 1/8 of a cent sales tax has allowed the CSF to fund $68 million into local nonprofits, including Amethyst Place. Thank you for prioritizing the little ones!"

Starla Brennan, Executive Director at Amethyst Place in Kansas City
oneta-pic

“I’m proud that Jackson County residents recognize the value of caring for our kids. As the Children’s Services Fund (CSF) cares for our children, it cares for our community.”

Oneta Templeton, Community Programs Manager at TIES
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