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Mental Health Fund

CMHF Announces Inaugural
Community Grant Awards

This year, CMHF made its first investment in grassroots organizations supporting mental health from the ground up. Designed specifically to reach smaller, local organizations, the CMHF Community Grants Program is proud to support these 18 Jackson County grantees and introduce you to the work they do.

This investment reflects our commitment to expanding access to mental health support. Through a wider range of partners and approaches, we can meet more Jackson County residents' varied and unique needs.

The following awards were approved at the June 25th Board of Trustees meeting for these one-year projects:

Organization Project Name Award
Art as Mentorship Rebel Song Academy — Empower Our Youth $30,000 
Building Beautiful Black Girls Project  The BBBG Power Up Experience $10,000 
Center for Conflict Resolution  Restorative Reentry Program $25,000
Creative Emajinations  M.E.N.T.A.L. $32,000
Exculta Health & Wellness  Hidden Helpers Healing Initiative $25,000
Friendship Baptist Church Mindful Mondays for Seniors $20,000
Gilda’s Club Kansas City Emotional Wellness for the Cancer Journey $40,000
Greater Impact KC Community Healing & Resilience Initiative (CHRI)  $50,000 
Hella Good Deeds Hella Healing $50,000
KC Mothers in Charge  Family Trauma Stabilization Program $49,500
Keeping Communities on Guard Mobile Behavioral Health and Stability Services Network  $34,000
Lyrik’s Institution   IBUILD and Cultural Interventions $50,000
Mental Health America of the Heartland  Heartland Housing Initiative $50,000 
Missouri Assoc. for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (MOAIMH-EC)  Held in Mind: Strengthening the Jackson County Early Childhood Workforce $14,000 
NAMI Greater Kansas City Strengthening Mental Wellness Through Expanded Family Support Groups & Evidence-Based Education $50,000
Northeast Community Center Harmony Together $49,450 
Rise and Shine Foundation, Inc.  Rise and Shine $50,000 
Youth Guidance Kansas City Becoming a Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) $40,000