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Kansas City MO Welfare Programs and Statistics

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Popular Benefits in Kansas City, Missouri

MO HealthNet for Kids Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare benefit

The Federal Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), part of the MO HealthNet for Kids program, is a health insurance program for uninsured children of low-income families who do not have access to affordable health insurance....

Missouri Head Start

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Child Care benefit

Head Start is a Federal program that promotes the school readiness of children from birth to age five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Head Start programs provide a learning environment that su...

Missouri Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit

The Missouri Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has two components: Energy Assistance/Regular Heating (EA) and Energy Crisis Assistance Program (ECIP). EA is designed to provide financial assistance to help pay heating bills for Misso...

Missouri MO HealthNet

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit

The purpose of the MO HealthNet program is to provide medical services to persons who meet certain eligibility requirements as determined by the Family Services Division (FSD). The goals of the MO HealthNet program are to promote good health, to prev...

Missouri School Breakfast and Lunch Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The School Breakfast Program provides funding that makes it possible for schools to offer a nutritious breakfast to students each day. Similarly, the goal of the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is to protect the health and well-being of the nati...

Missouri Special Milk Program

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The Special Milk Program provides milk to children in schools, childcare institutions, and eligible camps that do not participate in other federal child nutrition meal service programs. Schools that participate in the National School Lunch or School ...

Missouri Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The WIC Program provides supplemental foods, nutrition education and referrals to health care, at no cost, to low-income pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are determined to be at nutritional risk. To ...

Missouri Summer Food Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

The Missouri Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) helps assure that eligible populations have access to nutritious meals during the summer months. When school is not in session, SFSP provides reimbursement to community agencies offering the required co...

Missouri Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Food Stamps benefit

Each participating household receives an allotment of food benefits based on the United State Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "Thrifty Food Plan." This allotment is adjusted annually according to the U. S. Department of Labor's analysis of the cos...

Missouri Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit

The purpose of the Missouri Temporary Assistance Program is to provide assistance to needy families with children so that the children can be cared for at home. The program also is intended to reduce dependency by promoting job preparation, work and ...

Missouri Unemployment Insurance

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment Assistance benefit

Unemployment insurance benefits provide temporary financial assistance to workers unemployed through no fault of their own, who meet Missouri's eligibility requirements....

Missouri Weatherization Assistance Program

Energy Assistance benefit

Home heating is a high-cost basic necessity. For people with low incomes, the decision to pay the utility bill may mean deciding between being warm in the winter or having well-balanced meals. Other low-income people live in older homes that may not ...

Kansas City, Missouri Head Start Office Locations

16 Head Start Office Locations in Kansas City, MO

Operation Breakthrough, Inc.

(816) 756-3511

3039 Troost Ave Kansas City MO 64109

Central

(816) 418-2089

3221 Indiana Ave Kansas City MO 64128

Center Early Childhood Center (CSD)

(816) 349-3700

8817 Wornall Rd Kansas City MO 64114

Richardson Early Learning

(816) 418-2601

3515 Park Ave Kansas City MO 64109

Woodland Early Learning

(816) 418-5901

711 Woodland Ave Kansas City MO 64106

Northland Head Start

(816) 468-8662

3100 NE 83rd St Ste 1501A Kansas City MO 64119

Park Hill Head Start

(816) 359-5040

8100 N Congress Ave Kansas City MO 64152

Columbus Park Early Learning Education Center

(816) 743-7417

1100 E 4th St Kansas City MO 64106

Burlington Head Start

(816) 221-2767

2701 Burlington St Kansas City MO 64116

Thomas Roque Child & Family Development Center

(816) 921-0500

3800 E 51st St Kansas City MO 64130

Front Porch Alliance

(816) 921-8812

3210 Michigan Ave Kansas City MO 64109

Emmanuel Family & Child Development

(816) 921-3164

2416 Swope Pkwy Kansas City MO 64130

Ability KC

(816) 756-0780

3101 Main St Kansas City MO 64111

Guadalupe Centers Early Childhood Education

(816) 309-4109

3201 Southwest Trfy Kansas City MO 64111

St Mark Family and Child Development

(816) 421-5000

2008 E 12th St Kansas City MO 64127

Operation Breakthrough at De La Salle

(816) 756-3511

3737 Troost Ave Kansas City MO 64109