Overview

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas supports people of all faiths who face poverty, housing insecurity and other barriers to stability. Its family support centers combine self-shopping food pantries and emergency assistance with individual case management, while a resource bus brings help to outlying rural communities. Adoption and pregnancy services, refugee resettlement, financial education and workforce programs extend its work beyond immediate needs, supported by volunteers and charitable donations. A nonprofit ministry of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, it began as an adoption agency in 1956 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.