Family Support
Kansas City Location
1512 Van Brunt Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64127
Belton Location
310 S. Scott Ave. Belton, MO 64012
Hours of Operation
Monday-Friday 8:30am – 5:00pm
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
Family Support Services
The Guadalupe Centers offers a variety of social support and emergency assistance services to clients through the Family Support Program. The program has three overarching goals: resolving family crisis, preventing homelessness, and improving economic and housing security.
Major components of family support programming include emergency assistance, case management and linkage to needed resources and opportunities. All family support activities focus on reducing housing instability, fostering asset building behaviors(s) and improving overall housing stability.
Case Management
In case management, specific short-term and long-term goals are jointly developed by the case manager, and the family. Goals may include anything from securing housing to acquiring parenting skills, language acquisition, accessing health care, or gaining employment. The Guadalupe Centers case managers advocate for families in the areas of health, education, housing, and employment while equipping them with skills needed to navigate those systems independently.
Mental Health Counseling for Youth – Fuerza
Guadalupe Centers bilingual mental health services target youth (19 and under) and their families with individual and family counseling. Services may include screenings and evaluations addressing short-term treatment, coping techniques, working with families to problem solve together as well as addressing a broader range of issues.
Family Support/Emergency Assistance Services:
The Guadalupe Centers offers services to meet short-term basic needs including the following:
Utility assistance Rental eviction/mortgage foreclosures assistance Food pantry Budget Counseling Personal hygiene products assistance Information & Referral Uniform Assistance
Referrals for healthcare Referrals for legal assistance Transportation assistance Emergency Assistance Language Interpretation assistance Seasonal assistance Mental health counseling for youth (limited availability based on funding availability)
Keidy's IMPACT Story
Marcos and Keidy were moved to a hotel temporarily with extended stay and together they continue to work on a permanent housing plan. Additionally, GCI purchased Keidy a “children’s wheelchair” because dad didn’t have one, and it was needed to start school where she’d been enrolled into Guadalupe Centers Charter schools Kindergarten. Medical services were coordinated by GCI case manager through Children’s Mercy Hospital and Special Healthcare Needs through the State of Missouri.
To date, Keidy has undergone several surgeries that have all been successful. Dad frequently expresses gratitude for the many services coordinated and provided by GCI. Keidy is doing great in school and has many new friends including the school and after-school staff. The wraparound services provided by Guadalupe Centers would not have been possible without the grant support provided by HDF. As a community-based organization, we want you to know how much we value your partnership and support that allows us to fulfill our mission of improving the quality of life for all!
Frequently Asked Questions
You can receive food pantry twice per month as long as you haven’t received this assistance from another agency in the same time frame
Our Center has implemented the ‘Creative Curriculum’ for over 20 years. This practical study focuses on the development of the whole child; social/emotional, physical, cognitive and language. We offer a 50/50 Dual Language Model. Instruction is offered in English 50% of the time (Mondays and Wednesdays) and in Spanish 50% of time (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Fridays are considered Translanguage Days, when children speak their preferred language.
We serve preschool children ages 3 through 5 years.
Our formal instruction takes place daily from 8:00am – 3:30pm.
We don’t offer before care at this time, but we do have after school care and it is available from 3:30pm to 5:00pm.
Yes. The cost is $60 weekly.
Yes, we participate in the MO Child and Adult Care Food Program. Children receive breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack daily.
No, this is a year round program.
Yes. As a Nationally Accredited Preschool, GCECC educators receive ongoing professional development weekly, monthly and annually. Your child’s progress is tracked 3 times a year and shared with you during parent-teacher conferences and home visits.
