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 and 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 CCBHC | $50,000 |
| Youth Guidance Kansas City | Becoming a Man (BAM) and Working on Womanhood (WOW) | $40,000 |