Kansas City KS Welfare Programs and Statistics

Child and Adult Care Food Program

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) plays a vital role in improving the quality of day care home and day care centers. The CACFP helps to subsidize the cost of food for day care homes and centers allowing th...

Kansas Food Assistance & Nutrition Program

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

The Food Assistance & Nutrition Program is a nutrition assistance program, which provides a Kansas Benefit card (plastic debit card) to eligible persons for use in purchasing food from local grocery stores. Complete information regarding Food Ass...

Kansas 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...

Kansas HealthWave (SCHIP)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Healthcare benefit

Kansas HealthWave offers affordable, low-cost health insurance for the uninsured children of Kansas. Some low-income parents may also qualify for health coverage. Applicants are screened for Medicaid eligibility to determine the funding source. You m...

Kansas Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP)

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Energy Assistance benefit

The Kansas Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) is a Federally funded program that helps eligible households pay a portion of their home energy costs by providing a one-time per year benefit. Benefit levels vary according to the following fac...

Kansas Medicaid

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare benefit

Kansas Medicaid is a jointly-funded state and Federal government program that pays for medically necessary services. Medicaid pays for medical services for children and their caretakers, pregnant women, and persons who are disabled, blind or 65 years...

Kansas Special Milk Program

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

The Special Milk Program (SMP) provides milk to children in schools and non-profit childcare institutions that do not participate in other Federal child nutrition meal service programs. Schools in the National School Lunch or School Breakfast Program...

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

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

The Kansas Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a nutrition education program that provides nutrition education, including breastfeeding support; healthy foods and referrals to health and social services fre...

Kansas Successful Families Program

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Living Assistance benefit

The Successful Families Program has services for low income families including the following: Cash assistance, also known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Social services designed to strengthen families and remove barriers to...

Kansas Summer Food Service

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

The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) was created to serve nutritious meals to children when National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program meals are not available. SFSP is administered at the Federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS...

Kansas 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 that meet Kansas' eligibility requirements....

Kansas Weatherization Assistance Program

Energy Assistance benefit

The Kansas Weatherization Assistance Program (K-WAP) operates year round and is an energy conservation program that helps qualified households reduce their utility bills by providing energy efficiency upgrades. Very simply, weatherization improves he...