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The planning commission’s rejection seriously puts into question the future of the shelter at this site, after months of work by the county to move the project forward on a tight timeline.
A longtime homeless services provider in Kansas City has been recommended to run a proposed permanent shelter in Johnson County, which is under consideration at the site of an old Lenexa hotel ...
The KCPD responds to approximately 5,000 domestic violence calls a year — an average of almost 14 calls a day. From Yvette Walker: Kansas City has just 6 domestic violence shelters.
Women's shelters help individuals escape these instances of domestic violence and intimate partner violence and act as a place for protection as they choose how to move forward. Additionally, many shelters offer a variety of other services to help women and their children including counseling and legal guidance.
Johnson County’s Point in Time Count this year — a count of all people experiencing homelessness on one night in January — showed there were 250 homeless people in the county, up from 180 in ...
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) is a United States law, first authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 (PL 98–457), that provides federal funding to help victims of domestic violence and their dependent children by providing shelter and related help, offering violence prevention programs, and improving how service agencies work together in communities.
Domestic violence hotlines are generally available at all times during the day, however, problems with busy lines or disconnections due to lack of funding sometimes limit their usefulness. [1] Additionally, battered gay men report that hotline workers will sometimes not provide them with services or will refer them to the batterers' line. [ 2 ]
The Lenexa Planning Commission voted to deny the permit, but the City Council has the final say.