LIBERAL, KANSAS · FOUNDED 2001
Building stronger families. Creating a stronger community.
Liberal Area Coalition for Families is a forum where government, non-profits, civic services, and business organizations work together to identify gaps in community resources and build programs where there is a need.
WHO WE ARE
A forum for the whole community
The Liberal Area Coalition for Families is a forum of community members, non-profit organizations, and civic organizations. Everyone is welcome to get involved with LACF.
Our mission
To serve as a forum for the advancement of community health and services through a networking of government, non-profits, civic services and business organizations to identify gaps in community resources and services and to seek out grant possibilities to establish programs where there is a need.
Our vision
To make Liberal the best place to live and raise a family.
EVERY SATURDAY
The Liberal Farmer's Market runs May through September, 8 a.m. to Noon in the Village Plaza Parking Lot.
WHAT WE DO
Identify needs. Secure funding. Deliver programs.
LACF identifies needs in the community, seeks out and secures grant funding to meet those needs, manages grant funds, and executes grant objectives.
GRANT FUNDED
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pathways to a Healthy Kansas Grant
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 ...
PROGRAM MANAGER: SARAH FOREMAN
GRANT FUNDED
Communities Organizing to Promote Equity (COPE)
GRANT FUNDED
Healthy Families Grant
PROGRAM MANAGER: SARAH FOREMAN
GRANT FUNDED
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services Grant
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 ...
PROGRAM MANAGER: SARAH FOREMAN
GRANT FUNDED
Kansas Health Foundation Early Literacy Grant
To increase early childhood literacy in Seward County.
PROGRAM MANAGER: SARAH FOREMAN
GRANT FUNDED
Kansas Health Foundation Integrated Voter Engagement Grant
A concentrated, multi-generational effort to increase voter registration and turnout in Seward County.
CALENDAR
What's happening in Liberal
Coalition meetings, the farmers market, and family programs run throughout the year.
LACF Monthly Coalition Meeting
1st Thursday of every month · 9:00 a.m.
Family Life Center, CrossPoint Liberal — 204 N Sherman Ave​
Liberal Farmer's Market
Every Saturday, May through September · 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Village Plaza Parking Lot, Liberal​
Learn and Play
Friday mornings · 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
First Baptist Church, Liberal