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Jackson County announced on Thursday that $35 million would be going toward community nonprofits in the Kansas City metro. It comes after the legislature was unable to agree for years on how to spend the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nonprofits in the metro are feeling relieved that the money could be released soon, but are also frustrated that it has taken Jackson County years to distribute the funds.

"It doesn't stop the need, it doesn't stop that people need to live," Sisters in Christ founder and CEO Carolyn Whitney said.

Sisters in Christ and other nonprofits in the KC area are especially feeling the strain of the federal government shutdown. More people are turning to local community organizations for food and ho

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