The LCRB has allocated funding through June 30, 2025. Applications for the July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, contract cycle will be posted in January 2025. Contact the LCRB with any questions regarding funding requests at director@lincolncountykids.org.
Additional timelines are provided at the bottom of the page.
Applicants for funding must:
- Be registered in the State of Missouri as a not-for-profit (501 c3) or governmental agency and classified as being in good standing.
- Submit the agency’s annual independent financial audit.
- Receive at least twenty-five percent (25%) of funds from sources other than funds distributed the Community Children’s Services Fund. These other sources may be public or private, but no more than one-half (1/2) of these other sources may include contributions of goods or services, including materials, commodities, transportation, office space or other types of facilities or personal services.
- Provide a program that impacts children’s mental health, children’s substance use disorder outpatient treatment, and/or the prevention of child abuse and neglect services. See application for service categories.
- Establish three clinical goals that describe the measurable change in the client that will occur as a result of the program.
- Require annual background checks for all employees and volunteers, including child abuse and neglect screenings.
- Require employment and services be provided regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability/handicap condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, veterans’ status, political affiliation, or other non-merit factors.
- Require persons employed by or volunteering services to the agency to maintain the confidentiality of any information that would identify individuals served by the agency.
July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 Application and Reporting Timetable
| July 10, 2024 | Final reimbursement requests due for July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024 cycle* |
| August 2, 2024 | End-of-contract cycle program reports for July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024 due* |
| October-November 2024 | Site reviews for partnering agencies |
| January 2025 | Mid-contract cycle reporting due (LCRB to issue a report template or online survey) |
| January 31, 2025 | Applications for July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026 funding cycle available at www.lincolncountykids.org |
| April-May 2025 | Site reviews for partnering agencies |
| April 22, 2025 Tentative | July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026 funding awards announced |
*Indicates deadlines for LCRB 2023-24 funded programs and services. Not applicable for 2024-25 LCRB newly funded programs.
Any changes to the above application and reporting timelines will be communicated directly with agencies and updated on our LCRB website. Please refer to www.lincolncountykids.org for access to timely meeting and reporting information.
