The Family Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that with the objective to help families foster the healthy social, emotional, physical and intellectual development of children.
The Family Conservancy emphasizes homeownership, postsecondary education, and business capitalization with the goal of helping families foster the healthy social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development of children.
Partners
The Family Conservancy partners with El Centro, Inc., United Community Services, Olathe Housing Coalition, and Johnson County Housing Authority, which refer and case manage clients. The Family Conservancy also partners with El Centro, which provide financial education classes in Spanish; Catholic Charities, which provide translator services; Harvest America, Catholic Housing of Wyandotte County and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. The Family Conservancy also partners with NACA (Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America), Plaze de Ninos, Metropolitan Community College, and the Housing Authority of Kansas City, Missouri, which refer clients.
Assets for Independence Grant History
Project Title
Family Asset Building Program IDA Program
Highlights/Outcomes
70 IDAs have been opened.
114 participants have received financial education.
$180,457 saved by participants.
26 participants have purchased an asset.
Total AFI Funding
Total AFI Grant Funding:
$1,115,990
Total Non-Federal Support: $1,377,176
Focus Population
The Family Conservancy targets eligible households at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, concentrating on families with children in Johnson, Wyandotte, and Jackson Counties, Kansas.
Contact
The Family Conservancy, Inc.
444 Minnesota Ave., Suite 200 Kansas City, KS 66101
(816) 418-2636 www.thefamilyconservancy.org
