$4.1 Million Dollar Project Underway
For over 15 years, HALO has built housing programs all over the world, providing the foundation of a family for children without one. In 2017, we opened the HALO Home in Jefferson City, housing up to 48 children. And now it's Kansas City's turn. There are 6,000+ homeless children on any given night in Kansas City, with only 33 beds available at shelters. HALO can be a solution to providing a safe place. HALO is pursuing tax credits, charitable lead trusts, grants, corporate sponsorships, individual and family foundations, and income sources to complete this project.
Construction has begun on this 37 acres of land, located at I-435 South and Blue Parkway in southeast Kansas City. The projected date of completion for this project is the February of 2024.
BUILDING UPDATES
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Shelter from the storm, in more ways than one.
HALO puts homeless kids on a path to a positive future.
Love Heals
Everyone can think of that one moment in their life that changed everything. It’s the moment that made you who you are today. For thousands of kids around the world, HALO is that moment. HALO gives them a home in which hope can emerge from hardship. And where drawings about their past unlock dreams about their future. We work wherever kids who have been abused, abandoned, and orphaned, need to feel loved. We work to help one more child spend one less day alone.
HALO HOME RENDERINGS
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Thank you for your support today and investing in homeless and at-risk children who need us the most in our community. Any donation makes a difference.
Nonprofit HALO plans multiphase village for homeless youth in southeast KC
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Kansas City Demand
- 6,000 Homeless Youth in Greater KC Area
- 3,175 Homeless Students in Greater KC Area School Districts, 1,241 in the KCPS
- These youth are identified under the McKinney-Vento Act
- Beds Available:
- 33 Child-Only Beds
- 161 Youth Transitional Beds in Greater KC Area
Current Capacity
- 448 Youth Served in 2022
- 177 Programs Facilitated
- 8 Agency Partners
- Programs facilitated at the HALO Learning Center and off-site due to limited space. Capacity will increase when new location opens.
Let's Break The Cycle
As we’ve learned with our HALO Jefferson City Home, this rural model allows our children to heal and break the cycle of youth homelessness. By taking our children away from negative influences, they are able to focus on their goals. Since the HALO Jefferson City Home launched, over 84% of our graduates now have steady lives where they have broken the cycle and are contributing members of the community. HALO has built housing programs all over the world. Now, it's Kansas City's turn.
Kansas City Homeless Kids Need The Foundation Of A Family
- # of homeless youth nearly doubled in Kansas City from 2009 to 2016, recent 2018 reports indicating over 6,000 youth in our community.
- 33 beds available at KC shelters every night for youth who are homeless and alone.
- $300,000 is the average cost of a youth aging out of the system in incarceration and welfare.
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS
Lead Partners:
General Contractor: Harmon Construction
Architect: Clockwork
Civil Engineer: BHC
