THE COALITION
Identify needs. Secure funding. Deliver programs.
Liberal Area Coalition for Families identifies needs in the community, seeks out and secures grant funding to meet those needs, manages grant funds, and executes grant objectives.
LACF MEETINGS
Everyone is welcome
WHO
Community members with a vested interest in making Liberal the best place to live and raise a family
WHEN
9:00 a.m. the 1st Thursday of each month
WHERE
Family Life Center, CrossPoint Liberal, 204 N Sherman Ave
CURRENT INITIATIVES
Grant-funded work underway
Current grants and projects managed by the coalition with community partners.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways to a Healthy Kansas Grant
Up to $400,000, through 2024
Partnering with many entities in the community to bring positive HEAL (Healthy Eating, Active Living) changes to Seward County. Funds are available to community agencies and organizations willing to partner with LACF on implementing positive change.
Program manager: Sarah Foreman
Staff: Adriane Hatcher
Healthy Families Grant
Sub-awardee through Thrive Allen County
Program manager: Sarah Foreman
Staff: Julie Foster, Adriane Hatcher and Gabby Urquidi
Kansas Health Foundation Early Literacy Grant
$300,000 through March 31, 2023
To increase early childhood literacy in Seward County.
Program manager: Sarah Foreman
Staff: Marilyn Svaty
Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE)
Staff: Laura Enriquez, Julie Foster and Susan Lukwago
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Grant
Program manager: Sarah Foreman
Kansas Health Foundation Integrated Voter Engagement Grant
A concentrated, multi-generational effort to increase voter registration and turnout in Seward County.
Navigator Grant
Sub-awardee through Thrive Allen County
Navigators and benefit specialists help area residents understand and apply for health coverage.
Non-grant funded projects
Liberal Farmer's Market
A weekly market providing central, community access to local homemade and homegrown fresh produce and products, as well as vendor opportunities for area farmers, bakers, cooks, food preservers, and artisans of all types.
Every Saturday, May through September, 8 a.m. to Noon, Village Plaza Parking Lot
Legal Clinics
Community legal clinics offered through the coalition and its partners.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Built on partnerships
Around 84 members attend across the year, representing roughly 48 partnering organizations and community resources — government, non-profits, schools, healthcare, faith communities and businesses.
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The coalition has grown from its original 8 members in 2001 to an average of 25 to 30 members at each monthly meeting, representing 20 entities of the community.
