Health

We build stronger communities where families have increased access to health care, healthy foods, activities, and environments. We work to create healthier beginnings and healthier lives. United Way works closely with the community to address physical health and the social determinants of health, including educational attainment and financial stability.

United Way initiatives include:

Wyandotte County Community Health Dashboard

Partner programs include:

Advocacy and Recovery /  Mental Health America of the Heartland

Building Resilience for Victims of Violence /  The Family Conservancy

Child Abuse Prevention and Education Program /  Sunflower House, Inc.

Child Advocacy /  CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte

Child Assessment and Therapy Program /  Sunflower House, Inc.

Coordinating Bilingual Diabetes Care for High Risk Propulsions /  Duchesne Clinic and Riverview Health Services

Education and Prevention Program /  Mental Health America of the Heartland

Feeding Wyandotte County /  Harvesters

Health Navigation /  El Centro

Healthy Choices Food Pantry /  Cross-Lines Community Outreach

I Am Here /  KC Healthy Kids 

Integrated Health /  Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas

Intellectually/Physically Disabled Sports and Educational Programs / KCK Huggers

Kansas Legal Services Domestic Violence Program /  Kansas Legal Services, Inc.

Emergency Children's Shelter in Kansas City Kansas /  KVC Prairie Ridge Hospital

Nutrition Incentives Program/Double-Up Food Bucks Kansas City/  Cultivate Kansas City, Inc.

Patient Advocacy-Connecting the Community to Health Access /  Riverview Health Services Inc.

Patient Services /  Cancer Action, Inc.

Primary Care /  Duchesne Clinic

Self-Help Gardening /  Kansas City Community Gardens, Inc.

Sexual Violence Prevention  /  MOCSA

Supportive Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence /  MOCSA