Boys & Girls Town of MO Empowering Youth Program
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri’s Empowering Youth program was created to address the needs of homeless youth in Southwest Missouri. Our mission is to provide the support and guidance homeless youth need to transition to safe and stable homes. Empowering Youth focuses on the opportunity to create positive change in the midst of crisis. Our goal is to empower homeless youth through access to community resources, a safe environment and a supportive staff.
Tags: homeless, resources, southwest missouri, springfield, support, youth, housing
Pathways Program @ Ozanam
At Pathways, we’re giving young adults who are homeless or living in out-of-home care the chance to develop the life skills they need to be successful. The Pathways Program operates scattered-site apartments in Kansas City and Wichita. It serves young men and women, as well as young parents with children.
Tags: advocacy, kansas city, mental health, resources, support, youth, western missouri, homeless, shelter, parents, families
Kansas City Dream Center
The Kansas City Dream Center is a service-based non-profit focusing on helping the homeless and those in poverty in the Kansas City area.
Tags: homeless, kansas city, resources, support, western missouri, shelter, case management, transportation
Synergy Services
At Synergy we envision a world without family violence, abuse or neglect. Synergy Services, Inc. began in 1970 as Synergy House, the only shelter for runaway and homeless youth in western Missouri. Today, Synergy provides a full continuum of care to assist individuals and families with immediate respite from violence, and services which empower clients to find and choose good options for future safety and success. In addition, we provide supportive services to families in crisis in an effort to prevent violence and focus on community education and social change in an effort to build a safer and more humane society.
Tags: advocacy, antiviolence, families, kansas city, resources, support, youth, abuse, neglect, homeless, shelter, crisis, education, western missouri
Rainbow House
The mission of Rainbow House is to keep children safe and to support families in crisis through prevention, assessment, and intervention in child abuse and neglect. This is facilitated by many services, which includes the Children’s Emergency Shelter, Regional Child Advocacy Center, Homeless Youth Program and Clinical Programs.
Tags: homeless, midmissouri, resources, support, youth, shelter, families, crisis, child abuse, neglect, advocacy, clinic