Show Off Your Service Submission Form
Show Off Your Service! Project Proposal
Registered attendees of the 2025 Kansas Housing Conference, including sponsors and exhibitors, are invited to submit their best idea for a housing-related public service project to benefit a designated housing organization. One organization will be chosen to receive the Show Off Your Service! award. Entries must be received by Oct. 10, 2025.
*The Show Off Your Service application form is now closed. Thank you to all who applied!
KHRC staff will score submissions based on the criteria below and announce the finalists prior to the Kansas Housing Conference. All finalists will be invited to share their projects at our Show Off Your Service Showcase on October 28 before final voting. The winning proposal will receive a $2,000 award to fund their initiative, sponsored by Kansas Bankers Association.
Examples of how $2,000 could be used to fund housing-related public service projects:
- Providing computer/internet access for community members to apply for services
- Purchasing shelter supplies
- Training staff
- Light maintenance/rehabilitation of common spaces (painting/furnishing a drop-in or common room, lawn care for community properties, etc.)
- Providing basic supplies, furnishings for new residents/guests (dishes, linens, household/cleaning products, groceries, etc.)
- Providing community services or resources such as garden beds for residents, workshops on how to access public services, language training, etc.
- Innovation – 20%
- Project sustainability – 20%
- Impact on the community – 20%
- Direct connection to housing – 20%
- Ease of implementation and achievability – 20%
- Only registered attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors may submit proposals. KHRC staff are not eligible.
- Submissions must be received by Oct. 10, 2025.
- Entry limit of one proposal per attendee.
- Each entry must have a sponsoring and beneficiary organization. The sponsoring and beneficiary organization may be the same–that is, attendees may submit a proposal for a project that benefits their own organization. Each sponsoring organization is limited to one entry, even if the sponsoring organization registers multiple attendees for the conference.
- The beneficiary organization must be located in Kansas and serve Kansas citizens.
- Previous Show Off Your Service winners are ineligible to apply for one year following their award.
Depending on the number of entries, KHRC staff will select the top project proposals. Finalists will be notified by Oct. 13 and invited to display and present their project proposals during the Show Off Your Service Showcase on October 28, from 11:15-12:15. Finalists’ proposal summaries will also be featured on the conference app. The winner will be announced and presented with a $2,000 check during the Oct. 28 Networking Lunch.
Presentation guidelines will be shared after finalists are selected.
Previous Show Off Your Service Award Winners:
2023 | Oak Harbor Non-Congregate Emergency Shelter, established by the McPherson Housing Coalition, received a $2,000 grant to fund a stocked pantry for families staying at Oak Harbor.
2024 | Cross-Lines Community Outreach Housing Stabilization Program received a $2,000 grant to fund Welcome Home Baskets full of basic household items for new residents transitioning from homelessness.