homeless women

Amy Frey relied on nonprofits for shelter during her family’s months-long bout of homelessness, but the organizations are vastly overwhelmed by the amount of need in the region.

A Kansas City woman's escape from an Excelsior Springs home where she was being held captive in October sparked outrage, and confirmed fears within the Black community that police weren’t taking reports of missing Black women seriously. More than a month after Kansas City’s chief of police reinstated the department’s Missing Persons Section, community organizations are still wary.

Kansas City offers myriad services and organizations for the unhoused and those on the brink of houselessness. Here are a few.

A free-laundry day at a Kansas City self-service location offers a measure of dignity and sustenance for folks struggling to find a place to wash their clothes.