Community LINC is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting Kansas City's homeless families and developing self-sufficient families. Emergency shelters, while essential, are not always the answer to restoring lives because they are ill-equipped to deal with the underlying causes of homelessness. By the time many families enter homeless services, they have incurred thousands of dollars in utility debt and landlord judgments, and endured unemployment and loss of personal belongings. These barriers alone are enough to stand in the way of families moving into permanent housing. At Community LINC, 24 furnished apartments provide transitional shelter, and families are given asset-based coaching, case management, mental health therapy, life-skills/parenting classes, and budgeting support. Children’s programming provides tutoring, mentoring, life-skills and safety activities while parents are in classes. Adults are required to be employed or in a career education track, and save half of their income to retire debts and prepare for permanent housing. Community LINC serves close to 50 families a year, all in the greater Kansas City area and is proven-successful with 80% of residents completing the program and moving into permanent housing. At least 90% of families who complete the program will maintain their independence from emergency assistance over the two years following completion of the program. Community LINC works with volunteers and uses donations to implement this proven, successful programming.

Since 1988 Community LINC has provided homeless families a safe, stable home. We provides training that equips homeless families to help themselves – teaching life skills, job skills, money management, and instilling accountability to change their lives. Community LINC provides 25,000 bed nights for homeless families each year. On average 80% of the families leave for permanent housing. Of those families 95% will continue to live independently for at least the two year follow-up period. In the last six years 45 families who came to us homeless left as homeowners. Community LINC is not a band-aid approach to help Kansas City’s Homeless Families, we teach them to succeed.

Developing Self Sufficient Families and Communities

Community LINC is committed to helping homeless famllies become self sufficent.

Community LINC provides transitional housing program for homeless familied. As part of this progam Commiunty LINC provides classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for the families. Classes foucus on life skills such as budgeting, parenting, conflict resolution, self-esteem, problem solving, and goal setting. Commuinty LINC also has clases on job skills like how to find a job,interview techniques, and job retension.

Our 20th Anniversary Celebration on Novenber 15th at the Uptown Theatre. This event will freature good food, great music from Mama Ray and both a live and silent auction. For more information please see our webaite www.comunitylinc.org.

What set us apart is our results.
80% of the families that enter the program complete the program.
98% of graduate families continue to live to live independently.
93% of the adult are still employed full time.
45 families that entered our program homeles left as home owners.