Children's Services Fund of Clay County: Community Based Services Program Grant

The Children's Services Fund of Clay County provides grants to organizations serving children under 19 in Clay County, Missouri. Funded by a voter-approved sales tax, it supports various services like counseling, crisis intervention, and mental health screenings. Organizations are encouraged to apply for one-time grants to enhance or start programs that benefit children's well-being. However, the fund does not support inpatient services, transportation, individual grants, capital expenditures, annual appeals, or endowments.

Fund Background:
The Clay County Children’s Services Fund provide grants to organizations offering services that protect the well-being and safety of children nineteen years of age or younger residing in Clay County, Missouri. Such services may include counseling, family support, temporary residential services, and other such services set out in RSMo 210.861.
The Clay County Children’s Services Fund was created in 2017 following voter approval of a designated one-quarter of a cent sales tax pursuant to RSMo 67.1775 and RSMo 210.861. A nine-member board of directors appointed by the Clay County Commission administers the Fund and its operations.
Grant Requirements:
In keeping with the services cited in enabling legislation, the Clay County Children’s Services Fund board invites organizations serving children living in Clay County, ages birth to nineteen, to apply for one-time grants to begin or expand the services listed below:

• Counseling and Therapy
• Crisis Intervention
• Intervention Programs
• Mental Health Screenings
• Outpatient Chemical Dependency
• Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment
• Prevention Programs
• Psychological Evaluations
• Respite Care
• Teen Parent Services
• Temporary Shelter
• Transitional Living - Counseling and Services

Ineligibility

The Fund may not be used to support the following activities:Inpatient medical, psychiatric and chemical dependency servicesTransportation servicesGrants to individualsCapital expendituresAnnual appealsEndowments