About the Nonprofit
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Our Mission:
To assist communities in reaching their potential by providing immediate relief to people in need, assessing their situations, and providing solutions that lead to economic stability.
Our Vision:
Communities where all people have resources to meet basic needs, attain meaningful work, and have a place to call home.
Our Purpose:
To make meaningful and lasting change in people’s lives.
Since its inception, Ooh! has raised over $900,000 to help tens of thousands of our Eastern Jackson County neighbors in need! The funds that we raised from those events have been critical in our efforts to make meaningful and lasting change in the lives of those we serve.
In 2021:
· More than 2,000,000 meals were delivered to families from eastern Kansas and western Missouri.
· CSL connected with more than 6,000 families, comprised of 20,000 individuals seeking some sort of assistance.
· More than 500 applicants were coached in CSL’s New Skills training initiative (with more than 150 that were pipelined into a tuition-free training program)
· CSL offered 352 families a total of 612 Financial Coaching sessions and helped 217 families improve their monthly household income by an average of $1,145/month.
· CSL oversaw community support services for 850 families at Hawthorne Place Apartments (which included graduating five families into homeownership) and Colony Plaza Apartments in Excelsior Springs.
