A Missouri Community Partnership Serving Jasper and Newton Counties

About Us

The Alliance of Southwest Missouri is a non-profit partnership that works in the area of health and safety. We work with businesses and community agencies to coordinate resources that will strengthen families and prevent unhealthy and unsafe behaviors. Our initiatives include; Safe Kids, SafeTeens, Project CARE (Child Abuse Prevention), Drug-free Communities, Ozark Crisis Response, Live Smart, Show Me Bright Futures, Reentry and newly added Youth Mentoring - in conjuction with the Department of Youth Services. We also support numerous community coalitions.

team alliance

administration

Executive Director Kari Clements kclements@theallianceofswmo.org	Director of Community Initiatives Jo Sitton jsitton@theallianceofswmo.org
Director of Operations & Communications Christine Stokes cstokes@theallianceofswmo.org	Drug-Free Communities Director Robin Standridge rstandridge@theallianceofswmo.org
Fiscal Manager Melissa Courtney mcourtney@theallianceofswmo.org	Safe Kids Coordinator Kevin Theilen ktheilen@theallianceofswmo.org
LiveSmart Coordinator Tammy Blaylock tblaylock@theallianceofswmo.org	Project CARE Director Nancy Corley ncorley@theallianceofswmo.org
Reentry Project Director Daniel Powell dpowell@theallianceofswmo.org	Ozark Crisis Response Director Clarke Cayton ccayton@theallianceofswmo.org
Safe Teens Coordinator Melissa Schneider mschneider@theallianceofswmo.org	Administrative Assistant Samantha Price sprice@theallianceofswmo.org
Community Coordinator Lisa Woosley lwoosley@theallianceofswmo.org	Will Worthington Reentry Driver reentry@theallianceofswmo.org

board of directors

President Amanda Schmelzer Lawyer Law Office of Amanda Schmelzer	Vice President Greg Dagnan Carthage Chief of Police	Secretary Susan Bryant Above Par Leasing Inc.	Treasurer Mary Parrigon CFO Ozark Center
Andy Nimmo Redings Mill Fire Department Chief	Tony Moehr Jasper County Health Department Administrator	Jerald Swarnes Leggett & Platt HR Manager	Mary Little United Way of SW MO Executive Director
Bob Kulp Newton County Health Department Administrator	Vallie Cook Joplin High School	Jeff Werneke Neosho Box and Wood Products Mayor of Neosho	Troy Nelson Ozark Christian College

Homeless Connect
Wed, September 8, 2010
Safe Kids Sports Safety
Thu, September 9, 2010
LiveSmart Health Fair
Sat, September 18, 2010
Safe Kids Car Seat Check
Sat, September 25, 2010
Safe Kids Car Seat Check
Mon, October 4, 2010
International Walk to School Day
Wed, October 6, 2010

2009 Annual Report

Click on the picture below for an electronic copy, or to request a hard copy please contact Christine Stokes @ cstokes@theallianceofswmo.org or 417-782-9899.