The Community Foundation of the Ozarks last week announced $125,000 in grants that Springfield nonprofits will receive if they match the funding by Feb. 8.
The organization's Metropolitan Springfield Community Response Challenge grants are designed to address red-flag issues raised in the
Community Focus Report for Springfield-Greene County, according to a news release.
The chosen nonprofits, in alphabetical order, are:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks, $8,500 to cover costs associated with case management;
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, $9,500 to support member health and wellness programs;
- Boys & Girls Town of Missouri, $7,500 to implement residential and short-term collaborative services for children and families;
- Care to Learn, $7,500 to buy health, hunger and hygiene supplies for school children;
- Council of Churches of the Ozarks Safe to Sleep, $2,500 to buy supplies and gas for families seeking hotel stays due to domestic violence;
- Council of Churches of the Ozarks Ambassadors for Children, $9,500 to purchase clothing and hygiene and health care products for foster children;
- Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri, $9,500 to recruit, train and support community volunteers;
- Harmony House, $9,500 to buy materials for 833 nights away for domestic violence survivors;
- Ozarks Literary Council, $9,500 to purchase supplies for six instructional training sessions;
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Ozarks Inc., $9,500 to purchase dental equipment and supplies for the Tooth Truck;
- Sigma House of Springfield, $2,000 to purchase materials and cover the expenses of training counselors;
- The Arc of the Ozarks, $7,500 to support its long-term care facility for the disabled, Norton Home;
- The Child Advocacy Center, $9,500 to conduct forensic interviews with possible victims of child abuse;
- The Kitchen Inc., $8,500 to expand partnerships with nurses, physician assistants and The Robert J. Murney Clinic at Forest Institute;
- The Victim Center, $9,500 to support programs focusing on violent crimes perpetrated on adults and children; and
- Watershed Committee of the Ozarks, $5,000 to support a partnership with City Utilities to reduce residential water use through high-efficiency toilets.
Grant recipients were determined by a volunteer committee comprising co-chairpeople Gloria Galanes and Dr. Tom Prater, and David Yaktine, Ferba Lofton, Tom DenOuden, Debbie Shantz and Carol Cruise, according to the release.
