Several area nonprofit agencies have received mental health grants from the Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
In all, $4.25 million was awarded in Greater Kansas City.
“HCF is committed to improving access to mental health services through strengthening systems and delivery practices. We are proud to award these agencies funds to support their efforts in providing behavioral health programs,” said Dr. Bridget McCandless, president-CEO of HCF.
Among the grant recipients:
– Associated Youth Services, $91,509, for outpatient mental health and psychiatric services for Wyandotte County youth and their families through a collaboration with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
– Kansas University Endowment Association, $98,975, to establish the first Primary Care Postdoctoral Fellowship for psychologists in the Kansas City area, initiate integrated behavioral health training for family medicine residents, and to place psychology interns alongside medical, nursing, and pharmacy students in the Inter-Professional Training Clinic, thereby establishing a seamless progression of integrated care training.
– PACES, $100,000, to hire two licensed mental health therapists in year one and a third therapist in year two to develop an expedited referral process to outreach parents, and to provide needed therapy or referrals to other services to benefit K-6th graders in elementary schools identified with greatest needs in the Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools; to serve as a resource to teachers and staff in these schools.