EMBRACE (Enriching Many By Reaching All In Catholic Education) is an independent 501(c)3 organization. The organization was conceived by a group of dedicated, prayerful, and concerned parents of children with disabilities and learning differences, yearning for the opportunity for inclusion of their children in a Catholic school environment. Formed in 2013 and approved as a national non-profit in 2017. A formal board was established in 2017 and an Executive Director and staff were hired later that year.

Today, in collaboration with the Catholic School Office of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, EMBRACE offers grants and assistance to schools in the Archdiocese of Kansas. In the 2022-23 school year, we celebrated our biggest year of giving yet. Through fundraising efforts, we were able to award $465,000 in grants to hire resource personnel in thirteen of our Catholic Schools to support students. We awarded another $80,000 in scholarships to eight teachers in the Archdiocese to receive their special education licensure endorsement through Benedictine College. Since 2018, EMBRACE has awarded over $1 million dollars in grants for schools to hire staff and provide resources to support students with disabilities and learning differences. Four teacher cohorts have been formed and to-date EMBRACE has provided over $300,000 in scholarships to teachers in our Archdiocese.