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Spring 2007 Lifelong Learning Grants

Parent Skills Strategy Toward Amount $
Bi-County United Way of Cass & Jackson, Inc. Success by Six Resource Centers 19,000
DeLaSalle Education Center Parent and Child Education Support Program (PACES) 40,000
El Centro Academy of Children, Active Parent Workshops, Adult Literacy 25,000
Gordon Parks Elementary School Hand-in-Hand 12,100
HomeFront general operating support 35,000
KS Kansas City Area Parents as Teachers Consortium general operating support 25,000
KCPT Public Television 19 KCPT Kids up to 75,000
Reach Out and d Kansas City general operating support 50,000
Upper Room, Inc. Family Literacy Teacher 15,000
Early Education System Strategy Toward Amount $
Citizens for Missouri's Children Early Care and Education advocacy 12,500
KS Coalition for School Readiness Early Care and Education advocacy 100,000
Donnelly College scholarships 40,000/
2 years
First Step Fund Family- and Center-Based Child Care Entrepreneur Training 30,000
Francis Child Development Institute Francis Resource Center 496,168
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation Pre-K Planning, KCK and KCMO School Districts up to
20,000
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation
The Quality Rating System and Quality Improvement Supports
275,000
Park University scholarships 43,680/
2 years
Partnership for Children general operating support 50,000
The Family Conservancy Data Management and Child Care Resource and Referral Services for the 17 County Bi-state Area 59,700