Focus Area: Early Childhood

Grant Amount: $9,500

Located in the Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis. SFNC has been providing services to families in south Minneapolis experiencing trauma for the past 45 years. It offers therapeutic early childhood education, including play therapy and music therapy, home visiting services and family support services. In 2018, it identified a need for a culturally relevant home visiting program and identified the Family Spirit model as appropriate.

Grant supports Group and Individual Music Therapy services and will ensure that the children in the ECE program receive weekly group music therapy in their classrooms. The center currently has three classrooms for preschool, toddler and pre-K age groupings. Additionally, 5-10 children with a specific identified developmental concern receive individual music therapy. Music therapy has been found to be incredibly beneficial for children’s psychological, social-emotional, physical, and cognitive development and can make a significant difference in their lives.