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Bus on Us! Grants

Program Status: Active (returned in 2022 after COVID-19 hiatus)

Geographic Scope: Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area covering 41 counties across western Missouri and eastern Kansas (31,000 square miles)

Purpose: Assists educators and accredited public, private, or charter schools with transportation costs for field trips within the heritage area

Focus Areas:

  • Field trips that align with Freedom's Frontier themes:

    • - Frontier settlement
    - Missouri-Kansas Border War and Civil War
    - Enduring civil rights disputes

    Eligibility:

  • Educators and accredited public, private, or charter schools

  • K-12 students in the region

    • Funding Background:

  • Federally funded program

  • Initially halted during COVID-19 pandemic

  • Further suspended due to reauthorization uncertainty

  • Reauthorized through 2023 via Congressional appropriations bill (March 2022)

  • Heritage area funding extended through 2023

    • Contact Information:

  • Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area

  • 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS 66044

  • Phone: 785.856.5300

  • Fax: 785.856.5303

  • Email: info@freedomsfrontier.org

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