PURPOSE The intent of the Women United fund is to award grants to assist women and children (individuals, not agencies or groups) in emergency and/or life altering situations. Grants are one time only with a maximum limit of $750.00. Listed below are the exceptions to the $750.00 grant maximum.
The grants will focus on emergency help for:
NOT ELIGIBLE
PROCEDURE Requests will be made through a local non-profit agency (Shawnee, Jefferson and Jackson Counties). It is the responsibility of the agency to review the request, explore other options, validate the need and process the request through MAACLink if applicable.
It is the intent of Women United to award grants to women and children in need of assistance with emergency help and life altering events. It is not our intent to pay rent, utilities and other reoccurring expenses. Applications should not be submitted until all other resources have been exhausted and assistance cannot be located through any other resource.