Womens Assistance- Women Helping Women Grant

The Women Helping Women Fund, supported by the Greater Salina Community Foundation, empowers women in Saline County facing crises by providing one-time assistance. This funding helps with urgent needs like birth certificates, car repairs, and essential services that facilitate independence. Eligible applicants must work through partner agencies, ensuring that the support reaches those who need it most. The initiative aims to uplift women, promoting resilience and self-sufficiency in challenging circumstances.

What do the funds support?
The Women Helping Women Fund is a way for women to support other women who are struggling and may be in crisis.
Grants are intended to:

• Assist a woman resolving a crisis ORHelp a woman with a singular "hand UP" to help her back on her path of independence and productivity
• Examples include birth certificates, car repair, dental care, air conditioning or plumbing repair, or a host of other possible needs.

Eligibility

Who's eligible to apply?Grants are limited to women in Saline County.Applicants must apply through a Partner Agency. Click here to contact one of our Partner Agencies to apply.Staff Members at partner agencies who are not involved in the WHW grant process may apply for funding, but they have to apply through a different partner agency.

Ineligibility

The committee will not accept applications directly from individuals.Partner Agency representatives are not personally eligible to receive funding from the Women Helping Women Fund.Grants are NOT intended to:Be used as a scholarship, hand out, payment of ongoing expenses, or other financial needs that fail to meet WHW's dual goals of crisis resolution or a one-time hand UPWomen Helping Women will NOT fund ongoing expenses, attorney fees, or debt/services already rendered.