Emergency Historical Economic Asset Lifeline
Emergency Historic Economic Asset Lifeline (E-HEAL) grants are intended to bring rural downtown buildings back from likely demolition or collapse and rehabilitate them into productive use as spaces for new or expanding businesses, childcare, housing, arts and culture, or entrepreneurship. In 2021, the Kansas Department of Commerce partnered with the Patterson Family Foundation to create the Historic Economic Asset Lifeline (HEAL) program. Commerce has continued to disburse these grants every year since 2021. Most recently in 2023, the Kansas Legislature and Governor Kelly approved an annual allocation of $500,000 for E-HEAL projects, establishing a rolling deadline program that can be quickly reviewed and awarded to stabilize a building at risk of collapse.