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Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area

Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area has launched a grant program to help make historic sites in eastern Kansas and western Missouri more user-friendly and more accessible for visitors with disabilities.

The grants will offer up to $3,000 for accessibility- and engagement-related projects at sites in the heritage area’s 41 counties. The sites must be related to the heritage area’s themes, including the settlement of the western frontier, the Kansas-Missouri Border War and the Civil War.

Some of the types of projects that could qualify for grants include translations or braille content, “leveled” or lowered reading options or activities for children, and fixing or creating sidewalks or user-friendly trails.

Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area is focused on the role that eastern Kansas and western Missouri played in the events leading up to the Civil War. The organization is committed to promoting tourism and economic development along the Kansas-Missouri border.

The applications for the grant program are open now and must be submitted by Jan. 30, 2025. FFNHA partners can apply online at freedomsfrontier.org/grants/accessibility-grants.