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Programs

The Center addresses its mission through the following programs that provide over 1,300 assists each month:

Emergency Client Assistance

This program assists clients with rent and utility payments; provides a self-selection of food from our food pantry, and clothing for family members from the clothing room; and offers transportation assistance by providing bus tickets at half price.
 

Active Aging

The Center provides a variety of daily activities and socialization that are designed to help seniors avoid depression and maintain independent living.  Our many onsite activities include hot lunches; health and wellness screenings; and life-enriching classes involving guest speakers, field trips, quilting, crafts, sewing and computer skills.  An attorney specializing in the legal needs and issues of the elderly is on staff to provide free legal counsel.  The Center's Saturday Meal Delivery for the homebound is part of this program and is headed by the Active Aging Coordinator.

Legal Assistance

The complexity of the legal system is often an impediment to obtaining justice.  The Legal Assistance program helps clients to change the legal system from a complex maze to an instrument of justice.  The program offers free legal advice to low-income and elderly clients in the Kansas City metropolitan area. 

Health Maintenance

Our Health Maintenance program is a free service staffed by area health care professionals such as the Black Health Care Coalition, KU School of Nursing and the UMKC School of Dental Hygienists.  This program provides mammograms; basic health and dental screenings; nutritional information and disease prevention education; home health assessment for the homebound, and flu and pneumonia shots.

Agency Relationships
The Center works closely with state and local nonprofit agencies, and area hospitals such as St. Luke's and Truman Medical Center.  This collaboration of interests results in more effective ways to best serve people in need.  We also work closely with the Salvation Army, Division of Family Services, Seton Center, Don Bosco and Hospice Care.  The Center partners with agencies that do not have their own emergency assistance programs, such as Front Porch Alliance in the Ivanhoe neighborhood.  We assist their clients with rent, mortgage and utility payments, food and clothing, and the Adopt a Family program during the holiday season.  The Center is a board member with the local FEMA Food and Shelter program, and actively involved with Mid America Coalition's Agency Relations Committee, and the Central City Cluster Group.

 

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Redemptorist Social Services Center   |   816.931.9942   |   207 W. Linwood Boulevard   |   Kansas City, MO  64111