Wichita

• Wichita Public Library Foundation
  Amount: $122,500
  To increase access of unserved and underserved citizens to internet and computer technology by strengthening the library's role as a community technology center
• Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research
  Amount: $2,100,000
  To diversify the local economy by providing startup funding to build a composite prototyping lab whose products can be manufactured locally
• Wichita State University Foundation
  Amount: $2,000,000
  To transform the way students in south central Kansas learn science, technology, engineering and math by creating a comprehensive elementary through college education system that will be replicated throughout the state
• Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas
  Amount: $450,000
  To connect low-skilled workers with high-paying aviation jobs by improving local work-force development and forming a regional funding collaborative.
• Boys & Girls Club of South Central Kansas Inc
  Amount: $2,000,000
  To address Wichita's "talent imperative" by creating an innovative program that networks youth development and workforce development in the setting of a key neighborhood institution
• The Opportunity Project Learning Center
  Amount: $1,400,000
  To teach social and emotional learning skills to 80 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds attending early learning centers in Wichita and provide a potential model for a statewide universal pre-kindergarten program.

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