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To empower all people facing or experiencing homelessness by providing housing and services that inspire hope.

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Leading the way to prevent and end homelessness in Kansas City.

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918 East 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-3072

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(816) 472-5664

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(816) 309-9048

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816-472-5664

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Stephanie Boyer, LMSW
Chief Executive Officer

Donna Bradford
Chief Financial Officer

Shamika Hogan, MA
Director of Development

​Jonathan Roberts
Director of Adult and Clinical Services

Rita Carr, LMSW
Director of Youth Services

Sally Van Dyke
​​Director of Human Resources

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This is apart of the youth services that reStart provides for homeless families.

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ReStart provides warm food for the people living there that they are helping get back on their feet.

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ReStart reaches out to people on the streets letting them know about reStart and providing them with their information.

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ReStart has been providing housing services for Kansas City for the past 40 years and helps singles, families, couples, individuals experiencing mental health illnesses, LGBTQ+ identifying individuals, veterans, unaccompanied youth, non-traditional families, and persons with HIV/AIDS. They accept people as they are and don't insist that they follow a certain belief system or religion. ReStart has three locations in Kansas and 10 in Missouri that provide free of charge services and help approximately 400 people each day.

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- assist organizing and assembling kits
- flexible with times and days
- physical activity is included

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According to a 2015 study the United States has the highest number of homeless people among industrialized countries. In 2019 there was 567, 715 people who were homeless.

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Part of the 567,715 people who are homeless 396,045 are individuals and 171,670 who were part of families. 37,085 are veterans, 35, 038 are young people on there own, and 96, 141 make up people who have been homeless for over a year.

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37% or 200,000 homeless people go without shelter or do not sleep in a place where anyone should be sleeping.

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The 2018 homeless count by HUD stated that 111,122 homeless people or 20 percent had a severe mental illness and 86, 647 homeless people or 16 percent suffered from chronic substance abuse.

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In New York City houses more then 20% of the homeless population. Its ratio of homeless people in 101 people per 10,000 people.

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San Francisco, Los Angles, Santa Rose, San Jose, and Seattle have the are the five cities with the most unsheltered homeless people.

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According to HUD 40% of all people experiencing homelessness are African Americans and 51% of them are homeless with children.

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In 2018 according to HUB 60% of the homeless population is male.

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- supervising and caring for 10 to 15 kids at a time for about an hour every Thursday
- can plan fun activities for children to do while their parents are in group therapy

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- Cleaning up the area around reStart's building to help keep the community clean

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-  getting old rooms of residents ready for new ones
- cleaning, repainting, and maybe moving furniture

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- buying groceries for veterans off of the list reStart provides for you
then deliver them to the veteran in person

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- prepare a lunch for the people that reStart helps that go to work
- food donations for this can include; beef jerky, fruit/ applesauce cups, and granola bars

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From January 2019 Kansas has about  2,381 experiencing homelessness on a day

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Data from Public schools that were reported have 166 students that were homeless

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In Missouri there are about 6,179 that are homeless

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In Kansas there about 2,381 that are homeless

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About 1.6 billion people didn't have good housing

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As of the last survey in 2005 there are about 100 million people were homeless worldwide

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2,000 homeless kids on any given night in Kansas city

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- kits that reStart provides for people that are moving into permanent houses
- this process involves donating move in items
- items include; toilet paper, hand soap, all-purpose cleaner, laundry detergent, broom and dust pan, garbage bags, dishes, kithcen knife, measuring cups, dish cloths, pillows, and towels.

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Emma and I volunteered at reStart with our parents and organized all these bags full of clothes.

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If people choose, they can donate to reStart as well and the money will be put to what they are in need of most.

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