by Abby | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Local companies help students hit the road By Sarah Baum Kansas City is a car town. Imagine being a single parent without a car or a driver’s license, struggling to keep a well-paying job, accessing quality childcare, or buying your groceries. Solving daily...
by Abby | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Andy Wiltz plays with dogs at Woof’s Play & Stay. KC area employers embrace training program and skills of graduates ready to start their career. By Andrea Byrne If anyone knows how challenging it can be to hire a good dog groomer, it’s owners and managers...
by Abby | Dec 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Rebecca Smith You’d be hard-pressed to find a story that better illuminates the life-changing effect of The Grooming Project than that of Kylie Stevens. A recent graduate (April 2021), Kylie’s world right now is one she can barely have imagined a few years ago. She...
by Abby | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
How pet grooming can lessen the effects of trauma on humans By Betty Jean Curran When Annie started the program, she was terrified. After spending years living in a trailer with her abusive boyfriend and three children, miles away from any neighbors, she couldn’t...
by Abby | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Kelly Scanlon When 35-year-old Jeanne Dennison, a recent graduate of The Grooming Project, lost custody of her daughters two years ago, she was facing a long prison sentence for drugs and weapons possession. Losing her children turned out to be a critical turning...
by Abby | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
A career in pet grooming empowers this mom of three to keep her family together while her husband serves a prison term. By: Barb Pruitt When 32-year-old Ashley Stillings was a little girl, her parents divorced. At just 7 years old, she made a promise to herself to...
