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Supporting Parents and Families

Keeping kids as healthy as possible is about more than ER visits. We want to be there for your parenting questions, too – from the breakfast table to your biggest fears. Because together, we can help every child’s potential break through.

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CARE Workshops for Parents

Join us for the Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) Workshops, developed for parents and caregivers of children ages 2-12.

Center for Childhood Safety

The Center for Childhood Safety's mission is to provide education and resources to promote safety in the home, in the community, and on the go.

Children’s Mercy Affiliated Practices (CMAPs)

CMAPs are committed to working together for healthier kids, sharing best practices, and collaborating with like-minded pediatricians to improve how care is delivered.

Environmental Health Program

Provides environmental health consulting, patient case management, research, education, training and analytical services for individuals with environmentally triggered illnesses.

Kids Eat Free!

Please check here for more information about where your child can receive a summer lunch.

Powering Families: A Learning Series from Children’s Mercy

A monthly series of free webinars. Connect with Children’s Mercy Kansas City experts and partners on a variety of topics, including healthy eating, financial resources, anxiety and depression, kids’ safety and more.

Resources for Children with Medical Complex Needs

The team at Children's Mercy Beacon Program have compiled a full range of resources to help families find extended support within the community. Resources include useful tips and information about technology, community assistance, food services and mental health.

Talking with Teens about Suicide

At Children's Mercy, we believe that mental health is just as important as physical health. Asking about suicide does not increase risk; it increases the chance we can help.

Safe Sleep, Safe Babies

Safe Sleep, Safe Babies provides important information and resources to help keep your infant safe while they sleep.

Summer Camps

Information about camps for children with and without special developmental or medical needs.

Center for Family and Community Connections (CFCC)

Helps patients and families find resources at Children’s Mercy and in their community

Home-Based Family Support Programs

Programs provided by clinical social workers and other staff to support infants and children exposed to substance use and other risks.

Transition to Adulthood Program

Helps prepare young-adult patients to manage their own health care and to successfully transition to the care of adult providers.

Trauma Informed Care

Trauma impacts each person in different ways. Trauma Informed care is how we acknowledge this and provide the best care.

Child Adversity and Resilience

Safety Alert:


Computer use can be monitored and is impossible to completely clear. If you are afraid your internet use might be monitored, call the Kansas City Metro Domestic Violence Crisis Line at 816-HOTLINE (468-5463).

Everyone deserves a safe and caring home. And when you’re in a relationship that makes you feel bad, your children are hurting too.

What is Intimate Partner Violence?


Resources and information that may be helpful for families:

KC Metro Domestic Violence Crisis Line


816 HOTLINE (468-5463)
24/7 help line that provides referrals for domestic violence resources.

National Domestic Violence Hotline


Phone advocacy services offered 24/7:
1 800 799 SAFE (7233)
1 800 787 3224 (TTY)
1 855 812 1001 (video phone)

What is domestic violence?
LGBTQ Abuse
What does a healthy relationship look like?

Support for Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence


CMH and partnering agencies work together to provide specialized services and support for patients, family members, and employees who are survivors of domestic violence. Resources include safety planning, counseling, group programs, legal advocacy, financial advocacy, and shelter. These services are free and confidential.

To find out more about this program, talk to your child’s Children’s Mercy health care provider or a Children’s Mercy social worker.

KC Metro Domestic Violence Agencies


These agencies provide resources for domestic violence survivors and their families, including safety planning, counseling, group programs, legal advocacy, financial advocacy, transitional living, shelter, and children’s services.

Hope House


24-hour Crisis Line: (816) 461-HOPE (4673)
hopehouse.net

Mattie Rhodes Center


(816) 471-2536 (west side)
(816) 241-3780 (northeast side)
Phones answered during regular business hours
mattierhodes.org

Newhouse


24-Hour Crisis Line: (816) 471-5800
Telephone: (816) 474-6446
newhousekc.org

Rose Brooks Center


24-Hour Crisis Line: (816) 861-6100
Shelter: (816) 861-3460
Outreach Program: (816) 822-1299
Telephone: (816) 523-5550
rosebrooks.org

Safehome


24-Hour Crisis Line: (913) 262-2868
Toll Free 24-Hour Crisis Line: (888) 432-4300
safehome-ks.org

Synergy Services


(816) 587-4100
Domestic Violence 24-Hour Crisis Line: (816) 321-7050, or 1 (800) 491-1114
Youth Crisis 24-Hour Crisis Line: (816) 741-8700, or (888) 233-1639
synergyservices.org

MOCSA- Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault


24 Hour Crisis Line MO: (816) 531-0233
24 Hour Crisis Line KS: (913) 642-0233
mocsa.org

Jackson County Court House


Survivors of domestic violence (17 or older) can obtain an order of protection by going to the Adult Abuse Department at the Jackson County Court House 8am-5pm Monday-Friday.

415 E 12th Street, 3rd Floor
Kansas City, MO
(816) 881-3974

308 W. Kansas Ave, 2nd Floor
Independence, MO
(816) 881-4555

Children and Domestic Violence


Learn more about children and domestic violence from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network:

Learn about your child’s Amazing Brain from Futures Without Violence.

Adolescent Relationship Abuse

 

Love is Respect


Text LOVEIS to 22522
24-hour crisis line: (866) 331-9474
Go to the website for a 24-hour crisis online chat service

That’s Not Cool


Take a relationship quiz: CoolNotCool

Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline


(800) 392-3738 (When calling inside of Missouri)
(573) 751-3448 (When calling outside of Missouri)

Kansas Protection Report Center


(800) 922-5330 (when calling from inside of Kansas)
www.dcf.ks.gov

Court Appointed Special Advocacy for Children (CASA)


(816) 842-CASA (2272)

2544 Holmes St. Kansas City, MO 64108
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
jacksoncountycasa-mo.org

Call 911 if you or a person you know is in immediate danger.

The following crisis lines are available 24 hours/day:



2-1-1 is a national dialing code for free, confidential 24-hour access to thousands of health and human services, such as housing, shelter, food, legal aid, clothing, counseling, utility assistance, health care, transportation and more. During disasters, 2-1-1 also provides important public information that frees up 9-1-1 to handle life-or-death emergencies.

United Way of Greater Kansas City
(816) 474-5112 or toll free at (866) 320-5764

United Way of Greater St. Louis
(314) 421-4636 or toll free at (800) 427-4626

United Way of the Plains
(316) 267-1321

Connecting your family with trusted community resources

Do you or someone you know need help with your basic needs? Because everyone needs a little help sometimes! Anyone in the community can use Lift Up KC, Children's Mercy's social care referral platform, to find resources near their zip code. These resources include food, rent and utilities assistance, prescription assistance, employment assistance, and so much more! Start finding resources today by entering your zip code in the box below: 

Today’s pollen count

Children’s Mercy is certified by the National Allergy Bureau and collects pollen count data daily to share with the community. We collect pollen and mold counts using PollenSense, an automated particle counter located in the Kansas City metro area.

A partner of the Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County

Children’s Mercy is a partner of Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County, making it possible to provide more care for kids in our area.

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