Hadley Project News Today

Often times, we hear about people who mess up their first chance and end up in the system — we don't always hear from people who try to get the second chance right.

Instead of focusing mainly on ways to help low- and middle-class people buy affordable housing, grant makers are paying for community organizing and advocacy designed to protect renters.

The Hadley Project is a branch of the Sunderland Foundation. Beginning in January 2021, it set aside $6 million to pass out in grants over three years specifically to nonprofits in the Kansas City area focused on racial, social and environmental justice causes.

The Kansas City, Missouri-based nonprofit SWAGG, INC which works with people while they're in prison to help them land on their feet once they're released greeted its first client to be released Thursday.