What’s Happening at The Grooming Project
Lee's Summit Salon Grand Opening!
We’re expanding! Our first stand-alone grooming salon is now open in Lee’s Summit, MO! By taking your dog or cat in for a groom, you’ll be helping not only our graduate managers running The Salon, but also the students enrolled in our school! Learn more at The Salon website.
We're thrilled to be an Inclusion Open Grant Recipient!
The Grooming Project was recently awarded a $120,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Inclusion Open program. Learn more!
EPEC Chosen as 2019 Catalyst!
EPEC was recently selected by Stand Together, a social change organization dedicated to supporting and investing in nonprofits that tackle poverty in innovative ways, to participate in their 6 month Catalyst Program.
One EPEC Gala a Huge Success!
A special thanks to all of our sponsors, attendees, and donors for their support at One EPEC Gala held on September 14th. We raised a record high $350,000 to support our school! Pictures will be available soon!
“To ensure that kids thrive and succeed from birth onward, we must simultaneously address the obstacles facing their parents.”
– Annie E. Casey Foundation
Empowering the Parent to Empower the Child (EPEC) is a 501c3 organization dedicated to reducing generational poverty in Kansas City.
Through our state-certified grooming school and our Lee's Summit grooming salon, we train struggling parents to be pet groomers and salon managers, both in-demand, living-wage trades.
1650 SE Blue Parkway
Lee's Summit, MO 64063
816.525.2440
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The School
5829 Troost Ave, Suite B.
Kansas City, MO 64110
816.214.5376