Office of Rural Prosperity
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced on Tuesday that $300,000 has been awarded to the 12 Rural by Choice Champions (Rural Champions) announced last year in collaboration with the Office of Rural Prosperity and the Patterson Family Foundation to address local challenges in their respective communities.
The funding will allow these communities to move into the implementation phase of their projects.
The local recipient of those funds is the City of Kingman in Kingman County, their goal is to create a mini-grant fund to help provide matching funds for child care providers to purchase supplies or equipment.
Over the past ten months, the Rural Champions have been bringing together volunteers and community organizations, uncovering additional resources, and building conversations around their unique challenges. The Champions have identified and developed steps to make progress in their communities.
The twelve Rural Champion organizations are being awarded $25,000 each to assist in those steps through project implementation grants. Rural Champions have developed creative programs to provide direct impact in their communities.
As Rural Champions continue their work to combine their learned experiences to develop the guidebooks through this process, the Office of Rural Prosperity will continue to provide assistance on these projects through 2024 to implement and carry out these programs. You can learn more about the Rural Champions and find out how to follow their projects here.
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