Mission

Now in its 34th year of service and with the mission “to empower homeless mothers and their children to heal from their trauma and become self-sufficient,” Sheffield Place is the only residential treatment and supportive housing program in Kansas City that focuses exclusively on highly-traumatized, homeless mothers and their children. These families struggle with multiple barriers to success including mental health, addiction, domestic violence, low educational attainment, upbringing in foster care, and felony convictions, among others. The agency will serve more than 160 families in 2025 – up from just 20 families served as recently as 2010. The agency provides supportive housing, intensive mental health and addiction recovery services, case management, and life skills training. The program features an average length of stay of three months in the facility. Once families stabilize and transition to permanent housing in the community, they continue to receive case management and other services for as long as needed. Sheffield Place also owns and operates 9 units of permanent housing in the neighborhood for client use.