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Could you live on $565 a month?

Thousands of families and older adults live at or below the poverty level. Their income is immediately consumed with the basic needs of survival for themselves and their families…shelter, utilities and food. Their struggle to survive is constant. Before a neighborhood can prosper and attain stability, individuals and families need to be self-sufficient in order to maintain a stable environment.

"Poverty is the worst form of violence" Gandhi

Our Mission
The mission of Redemptorist Social Services Center is to prevent a temporary crisis from becoming a permanent tragedy. The Center's programs of assistance stabilize individuals, families and neighborhoods, with long-term results benefiting the entire community.

Redemptorist Social Services Center is a nonsectarian, 501(c) 3 non-profit agency, and has provided a lifeline to the poor and elderly of metropolitan Kansas City since 1986. Our comprehensive programs of Emergency Client Assistance, Senior Services, Legal Assistance and Health Maintenance address their most basic needs by providing over 1,900 critical client assists each month with shelter, utility and medical needs, food, clothing and transportation. The staff of Redemptorist Center offers a combined total of over 50 years of experience dedicated to making a substantial difference in the lives of people in crisis.

Our mission involves:
1)  Helping to assure the immediate survival of the low income and aging populations in metropolitan Kansas City, Missouri.
2)  Helping to prevent people in our community from becoming or staying homeless.
3)  Ministering to the physical, social and economic needs of the elderly.
4)  Seeking long range solutions to the problems of hunger and poverty.
Wish Star Wish Star

WE WISHED UPON A STAR

Star light, star bright, we thank the wonderful people who donated much needed items to the Center

  • Table top printer, paper shredder - anonymous

  • Refrigerator for food pantry - Brian Matthys

  • Freezer for our food pantry - Ann & Frank Uryasz

  • Paint - Front Porch Alliance

  • Client waiting room floor tile and installation - Jim & Jane Orth

  • A fabulous new copy machine - Steve Burmeister

  • Beautiful new ceramic tile for the chapel - Steve Burmeister

  • Updated Quick Books - Trish Soltys

  • Butler Manufacturing - made the Center a recipient of their charitable raffle, and donated an all-in-one printer/copier/fax machine.

  • Dishes and a coffee maker for the Center's staff - Shari & Richard Stephan

  • Office supplies - R & M Office Products

Did You Know?

The Center provides assistance for 8 of the top 10 most requested needs as reported by United Way's 2-1-1 Information and Referral Line.

The Center is one of the top three agencies providing multiple client assists from a single site.

Legal: The only agency with a staff attorney who specializes in the legal needs and issues of the elderly, and provides free legal counsel to seniors and clients of the Center.

Volunteers: 175 volunteers assist the Center on a regular monthly basis averaging 562 ½ hours each month. We couldn't open our doors without them!

Transportation: The Center is the only agency providing both the one-ride bus tokens at half price and the reduced fare monthly bus passes.

Food: CLients of the Center may come twice a month for food assistance. This is particularly critical with so many individuals unemployed. Many children don't get the free meal program when schools are closed for the summer and during holidays, adding to their parent's financial burden of needing to provide additional food. Money spent on food purchases can be applied to other living expenses.
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