Pervasive Parenting Center receives $5,000 community grant from the Oklahoma City Community Foundation

Poteau, OK –  Pervasive Parenting Center is pleased to announce it has received a $5,000 grant from the Kirschner Trusts at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. This grant is one of 49 awarded, totaling $751,913 to support Muskogee-area nonprofits, Jewish organizations offering educational and social services, and programs providing educational and vocational opportunities for children and young adults with disabilities.

The grant will support PPC’s Social Group, focusing on helping young adults with disabilities transition from high school into adulthood. This funding will help provide training for job skills, social skills, self-advocacy skills, and life skills for people 15 years old to 28.

PPC  is dedicated to helping families in eastern Oklahoma with autism and other disabilities. Through training the organization serves families in rural eastern Oklahoma in an effort help provide a better life for those with disabilities. PPC is an award-winning organization that has earned accolade from peers for advocacy work around the state.

“We are so pleased to receive this grant,” says Kodey Toney, Director of the Pervasive Parenting Center.  “This funding will help us continue and improve our efforts to help with transition services in our area of the state.”

To learn more about the Kirschner Trusts grant program, visit occf.org/kirschner.

About the Oklahoma City Community Foundation

Founded in 1969, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that works with individuals, families, and organizations to create charitable funds benefiting our community both now and in the future. We make the biggest impact when we join together to address important issues. To learn more about the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, visit occf.org.