Dog grooming program Pawsperity helps KC’s most vulnerable cut out a new life [Video]

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The holidays aren’t always easy for families struggling to make ends meet.

There’s no one solution to ending generational poverty, but as we look back on the year, two women are looking back on the program that gave them their independence.

It’s called Pawsperity, and it goes a step further than many nonprofit aid organizations.

Pawsperity teaches a skill – dog grooming – and also helps vulnerable Kansas Citians learn how to manage their own dog grooming business, while helping them find housing options.

Christine Banks went through the program a few years ago. She now owns her own grooming business, The Salon Furever Pets.

“It feels really good. But it also is overwhelming sometimes because I never thought in a million years that this would be, I would be in a position …