Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph

Community housing programs offer various housing solutions for those who are chronically homeless or on the verge of becoming homeless. Services include rapid rehousing and housing prevention through the supportive services for veteran's family program which served 113 households during fy23 as well as four permanent supportive services community housing programs funded by hud addressing the needs of chronically homeless individuals who are diagnosed disabled. During fy23, 192 individuals were served by this permanent housing option.

The welcome center functions as the agency's single point of entry and provides emergency assistance services to those in need. Emergency assistance services provided by the welcome center includes rent and utility assistance, food, hygiene, seasonal clothing items, diapers and assistance with applying for public benefits. Also, the welcome center connects clients to internal and external resources to help meet their needs. The welcome center has onsite partnerships that provides services at our location, such attorney services and the Kansas City public library. During fy23, 1928 participants were served in the welcome center. The agency also operated two food pantries and served 1,309 individuals.

Housing development oversees the operations of current affordable housing properties in our portfolio and identify new potential properties for development to meet the affordable housing needs in our service area. In addition to meeting the basic need for shelter, affordable housing also is a component of our efforts to promote positive life outcomes for low- and moderate-income individuals and families. Housing development also manages supportive service coordinators at various properties where contracted. The service coordinator helps residents to access services available in the community and designs programs and services to meet the needs and desires of the property's residents. Catholic Charities' coordinators work directly with the clients, one on one, to identify both emergency needs which prompted them to seek service and the underlying causes of the crisis. This individualized, holistic intake process meets the immediate need of the client while beginning the work of long-term sustainability planning. All services are provided in a strength based, culturally responsive manner and include the client centric service model. In fy'23 housing development provided services covering 236 individuals.

Children and family services works with low-income families providing case management and supportive services to pregnant women and families with children at home. Mom's empowerment, social butterflies and adoption services make up the children and family services. Case managers assist clients with setting and working toward accomplishing individualized goals, providing health information and education, parenting and/or adoption plans, and assistance with ancillary services such as baby/children's supplies, rent, utilities and transportation assistance. In fy23 children and family services helped 199 families, and an additional 34 adoptive couples.

Employment services provided various services to individuals seeking to obtain and maintain employment. These services may include job readiness and retention services, emergency assistance specific to employment barriers as well as job matching and placement. During fy23, 467 individuals were served.