Shared Missions Driving the Success of Missouri – Mornings on Main Webinar

Shared Missions Driving the Success of Missouri

Connect with two Missouri programs to assist your local community! The shared mission between the State of Missouri’s Department of Economic Development, AmeriCorps, and the Main Street Approach™ work to improve the lives, businesses, and buildings in your community through available funding and skilled volunteers.

Brittany Stiffler-Crabtree, Executive Director of AmeriCorps Missouri, will discuss their AmeriCorps Grant and its upcoming grant application deadlines. These three-year grants include funding that covers staffing, such as administrative funding, to oversee the recruitment and oversight of AmeriCorps members. The size of AmeriCorps grants varies, from $100,000 to $1M+, depending on the community need and program design/size. Additionally, this grant has the potential to be renewed.  Through this grant, AmeriCorps desires to partner with non-profits and other entities that engage in evidence-informed practices to strengthen communities by investing in economic opportunities and uniting Americans through service.

Brandon Jenson, Program Manager for the State of Missouri’s Community Solutions Division, will dive into the Downtown Revitalization (DTR) program. This program is through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and is a funding opportunity for eligible Missouri communities to engage in revitalization efforts to renew and restore downtown areas as a center of community activity.  Through this program, the State of Missouri seeks to catalyze investment in Missouri’s rural downtowns that will increase community and economic activities within locally significant cultural and historic downtowns.  This presentation will provide an overview of the program, the typical application, project timeline, and tips for writing a strong application.

Meet our speakers:

Brittany Stiffler-Crabtree – Brittany, an AmeriCorps alum, is the Executive Director of the Missouri Community Service Commission and has twenty years of experience in community leadership. Prior to moving to Missouri, Brittany worked with the Corporation for National and Community Service monitoring AmeriCorps grants in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Brittany’s time serving in AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps, based in Washington, D.C., set her on the path of public service.  In 2018, she was recognized as a Civic Health Hero by the Kansas Health Foundation for her impact on statewide civic engagement. She is also a leadership coach with the Kansas Leadership Center.

Brandon Jenson – Brandon serves as the Program Manager ensuring compliance across all CDBG funding streams operated by the State of Missouri, as well as internal and external engagement opportunities to highlight the successes and opportunities offered by the CDBG program.  Prior to his work for the State of Missouri’s Community Development Block Grant program, he worked for the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments, providing economic development and long-range planning, as well as grant writing/administration services, to rural communities in a ten-county area of southwest Missouri.  Brandon is a strong believer in government for and by the people, which speaks to his passions in public engagement and good government practices.

This workshop is brought to you by:

The training is a private and public partnership with the Department of Economic Development, the State of Missouri, USDA Rural Development, and MMSC.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.