Kansas City — bi-state metro
Kansas City — the metro, both states.
This is a directory built by people in this metro, for people in this metro. It covers all nine of the MARC counties — five in Missouri, four in Kansas. It is not run by a city, a chamber, or a foundation. It does not advertise. If a number stops working, tell us.
What do you need right now?
Pick the closest one. We will route you to the page that has the contact info.
If you are in immediate danger: call 911. If you do not know what you need: call 211.
What this is
A list of where to call, where to walk in, what to expect when you get there, and what you do not have to bring. We try to name uncomfortable things directly — that some shelters require sobriety, that some require religion, that some separate families. That information matters before you show up.
We include what matters before you go: whether you can walk in, what documents or insurance may be required, language access, transit, and practical limitations. Details change. Call ahead when you can, and use Suggest / correctwhen something no longer matches what you encounter.
The metro at a glance
"Kansas City" almost always means Kansas City, Missouri. KCK (Kansas City, Kansas) is a separate city across the state line. Both sit inside a metro of around 2.4 million people spread across:
- Missouri counties: Jackson, Clay, Platte, Cass, Ray
- Kansas counties: Wyandotte, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami
- Regional planning: Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)
See map for a clearer picture of who governs what, andneighborhoods for the metro's character map.
Sections
- Need help now — emergency numbers and crisis lines
- Directory (search) — every entry, filter by state, language, access
- Food — pantries, hot meals, SNAP/WIC
- Housing — shelters, tenants' rights, rental help
- Healthcare — FQHCs, free clinics, street medicine
- Legal aid — civil aid, immigration, tenant defense, reentry
- Veterans — any discharge, any era — crisis lines, KC VA, VCP, upgrades
- Utilities — LIHEAP, LIEAP, Evergy, water, internet
- Libraries — all the things libraries actually do
- Transit — RideKC, streetcar, KC Scout
- Government — city, county, MARC, 311, elections
- Property — six assessors, tax appeals, renter tools
- Taxes — earnings tax, MO vs KS, border war
- Data — open portals, MARC, public records
- Use the data — exports, reuse, fields, corrections
- Neighborhoods — Troost, JoCo, 18th & Vine
- Local knowledge — the unwritten orientation
- Newcomers — visitors and recent arrivals
- World Cup 2026 — visitor + displacement
- Give help — volunteer, donate
- Suggest / correct — flag something or add a service
Machine-readable
If you run a mutual aid group, a newsroom, or a clinic and want the raw data:
Free to mirror, redistribute, repost. Corrections flow into the downloads along with the directory.
What this is not
Not legal advice. Not medical advice. Not a city government site. Not a charity portal. Not exhaustive. The information here is best-effort. Call ahead before you depend on anything listed here.