Kate's Voice issued its first grants in January 2007. Since then, we are proud to report that Kate's Voice grants are in high demand and have reached many classrooms across Massachusetts - from Fall River to Charlestown to Westminister.

It's our goal to provide music therapy to as many special needs students in as many classes as possible. At the present time, we are limiting grants to schools in eastern Massachusetts. We envision a day, though, when we can offer grants to students in different regions and states.

A Kate’s Voice grant provides a music therapy program for a class/group of students with specials needs.  This grouping of students can be part of a mainstream public school, a special education collaborative, a private special education school or any other facility that provides learning to special needs children or young adults. 

Working within the grant budget, the teachers and hired music therapist develop the music therapy program.  Typically the music therapist will provide a session every week or every other week for the entire school year. 

For the 2010-2011 school year, Kate’s Voice is offering between 10 and 20 music therapy grants. Each grant will provide funds for a music therapist to work in the classroom weekly or every other week. The therapist and the teacher/s will put together a music therapy program for the students.

Deadline for grant submission is Friday, September 24, 2010. Kate’s Voice will notify grant winners by Friday, October 8, 2010. Music therapy is to begin in the month of October, 2010.

Read the General information and grant guidelines (below) before you fill out the grant application. Note that there are TWO application types: one for classes who have never received a Kate’s Voice grant and one for classes who have received a Kate’s Voice grant.

If you have any questions, please contact us at katesvoice@comcast.net.

Please send completed applications to:

Kate’s Voice
P.O. Box 365
 Sudbury, MA 01776
Tel. 978-440-9913
katesvoice@comcast.net

Schools who received Kate’s Voice grants for the 2009-2010 year

• ACCEPT Collaborative/Natick, MA
• Bicounty Collaborative/Life Roles Transition Center/Franklin High School/Franklin, MA
• CAPS Collaborative/RC Mahar School/Orange, MA
• C.A.S.E. Collaborative/Acton, MA
• C.A.S.E. Collaborative/Bedford, MA
• Charlestown High School/Charlestown, MA
• Charlton Elementary School/Charlton, MA
• Embark – Northshore Education Consortium/Salem, MA
• FLLAC Collaborative/Shirley, MA
• LABBB Belmont, Daniel Butler School/Belmont, MA
• Marlboro Adaptive Preschool/Marlboro, MA
• North River Collaborative/Rockland, MA
• Pemroke High School/Pembroke, MA
• SEEM Collaborative/Stoneham, MA
• W.E. Balmer School/Whitinsville, MA

Schools who received Kate’s Voice grants for the 2008-2009 school year*

• McCarthy Towne School/C.A.S.E. Collaborative/Acton
• Davis School/C.A.S.E. Collaborative/Bedford
• ACCEPT Collaborative/Natick
• Marlboro Early Childhood
• Balmer Elementary/Whitinsville
• FX O’Regan Early Childhood/Franklin
• Longmeadow Pre-school
• Charlestown High School
• FLACC Collaborative/Lura White School/Shirley
• Harvard-Kent Elementary/Charlestown
• LABBB Collaborative/Daniel Butler Elementary/Belmont
• Frank Silva School/Fall River
• Longmeadow/LINC/Wolf Swamp Road School
• Clough Elementary/Mendon
• North River Collaborative/Rockland
• Embark Program/Salem/Northshore Education Consortium
• Charlton Elementary/Charlton
• Page Hill Elementary/Ayer
• SEEM Collaborative/Stoneham
• Boutwell School/Groton

*In June 2009, Kate’s Voice also gave a grant to the SPARK Program at Boston Medical Center.