Youth currently attends college and is needing help paying for books for the semester.

A mother and her 2-month-old child will be evicted from their apartment this Wednesday, January 25th. The mother went to court two weeks ago to see if they could get an extension. The leasing agent told them they could do an extension, but the eviction would be on their record, or they would have to leave by this Wednesday, and they wouldn't put it on their record. Mom chose to leave by the 25th. When mom chose this option, she believed she had some prospects on a place to move into. Now none of those prospects are available. Mom has been contacting the shelters to see if they can stay there but as of now nothing is available. Requesting a hotel room for a week until she can figure something out.

I'm currently working with a family that the father just recently lost his job of 11 years and the mother does not work at this time, the child is diabetic and needs to be seen at Children's Mercy and the family does not have the funds for gas to make it to the child's appointments to make sure they are meeting his health needs and getting his insulin for his pump and to be shown how to work the child's pump correctly. The family is also in need of some cups and silverware for their family to eat off of and drink out of as they do not have that right now.

My client's mother (71) passed away and she was in the home of reintegration. My client is needing help getting all the clutter out and sorting and organizing and getting her mother's belongings packed, sold, given, or thrown away. She was a hoarder. The mother was planning on moving to Thornton Place (a retirement community) and then passed away. More information will be provided once someone is able to help with the next 2 weeks.

Hello! Please consider donating a new convertible car seat to help this baby girl get to and from places. This child has grown so much over the last six months that she is now too big and cannot safely ride in her current car seat! Grandma is requesting assistance with a new one to help get her to her appointments and visits! Thank you in advance for your consideration!

This child is a 10th grade student at webster and currently at Buchanan County Academy (BCA). She is getting ready to go on home passes and will be finishing up her program with BCA in the next 6-8 weeks. The juvenile officer indicated that she has to have a bed at home before she can start her home passes. Father shared he does not have the money to purchase her a new bed as they had a bed bug incident with her inviting friends over and friends bringing it in the child's bedroom. Father reported while she has been in BCA he has made sure to get rid of any and all furniture in the home that had bugs and used his money to clean the home. Father is a single parent and struggles to pay bills and is often late on utilities because he rotates the bills he pays each month so they don't get shut off. He reported he does not have the money to purchase her a new bed and really needs help so she is able to come home from BCA.

Two local children are in custody whose mother resides out of state. The mother is on a fixed income, so we are requesting a $50 gas card to assist with transportation to visits. The mother is engaged in the case and attends court.

Who: Foster mom, kinship to the child, and the child, 13 years old. Why: This kinship placement is working beautifully to keep the child safe, drug free and attending school. The child reports feeling cared for, safe and wanted in this placement. The physical home of the family does not qualify for licensing. The three month of non-licensed kinship placement expired in December. The family is looking for a bigger home that will pass licensing, but cannot move until the lease expires in April. January - April will not provide the monthly maintenance payment for the care of the child. The family is NOT asking the child be removed, the Foster Mom is diligent in keeping the kiddo safe and wants her to remain in her home ,headed towards Guardianship. Money is tight and the stress of it is causing concern for the ability to have fuel to attend appointments, get back and forth to school and purchase healthy food. (Child is recovering from severe medical needs caused by drug use and on a high calorie diet including high protein items.) This Foster Mom is proud and is uncomfortable accepting handouts. I do not want to embarrass her but do want to assure our kiddos has the nutrients she needs to successful heal as prescribed by her doctors while relieving some of the stress on the family each month until they can be licensed. What: Request on behalf of the family; four $100 gift cards to Aldi, one for each month; January, February, March and April 2023

A young name is in need of a new futon. He has been offered a bed, but he prefers a futon for when he has friends over. The one that he currently has is broken. He is wanting one that is more comfortable like a bed as well. Getting this futon will allow for him to not only get a good night's rest, but it will also allow for him to socialize with his friends.

Family foster home in Lawrence recently had a check done for bed bugs. The bug man didn't see any active bugs but recommended the family get a treatment done since they have been having issues with bed bugs. The company is giving the family a discount at 700 dollars for this treatment. KVC is asking for help paying for this treatment service- the full amount is 700 but any amount would help!! it is important that the bed bugs get taken care of as one child is almost at reintegration and cannot have bed bugs in bio home in order to reintegrate (visits in home are occurring) and the family just took a sibling set of 4 for placement and don't want to have bed bugs be an issue anymore. Thank you!

The children are directly placed with their dad's ex right now. The home they are staying in needs financial assistance as they are barely skating by now. Currently all children are sleeping on air mattresses. This request will help give the children a place to sleep that is more comfortable than an air mattress and relieve placement of the financial responsibility of buying them. Additionally, the children need clothing for the winter (long sleeves, jeans, sweats, etc). Children's ages are: 8M, clothing size 10-12, shoes size 4.5 (or slightly larger due to growth) 12M, clothing size XL youth, shoe size 11.5 (adult) 13F, clothing size L-XL junior, shoe size 9.5 (adult) 15F, clothing size L-XL junior, shoe size 9.5 (adult) Anything will help this family and these children as they need any financial help possible!

There is a foster family in Lawrence that has been dealing with bed bugs for about a month now. The family bought a steam cleaner and mattress covers and are continuously washing bedding, stuffed animals, clothing, etc and this is seeming to work. Bed bugs were also found in the child's bio home and this hindered reintegration from occurring. The bio family got their home exterminated and will hopefully be good to go after the check up in two weeks. The foster family wants to ensure they no longer have bed bugs in the home as they could spread back to the bio family hindering reintegration once again. It would be so amazing if there's an exterminator who would be willing to help this home to ensure they no longer have bed bugs. Thank you in advance!!

There is a 6 year old boy and a 9 month old infant girl. The boy needs size 7/8 pants and the girl needs 18 month and 2T clothes. Getting the children clothes will help the family's finances while they work to get back on their feet.