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Your gift to Sheffield Place will help provide long-term shelter and support services to homeless mothers and their children.
Our Programs
Sheffield Place uses integrated supportive services that include evidence-based practices, family system theory, consumer driven activities, and recovery orientation to empower our families to heal from their trauma.
Andrea grew up in Johnson County, Kansas. She never imagined that she would be the victim of physical abuse and eventual homelessness. Although Andrea’s parents divorced during her grade school years, joint custody allowed Andrea to ma
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I grew up bi-racial in the 60’s and 70’s in Kansas City, but I didn’t find out that I was bi-racial until my best friend told she couldn’t play with me anymore because I was black.
As a child, I was sexually abused by family members. I bo
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our organization
Sheffield Place opened its doors in February 1991 as a community response to the growing population of homeless mothers and their children in the Kansas City area. Since then, Sheffield Place has assisted more than 560 families in making the difficult journey from homelessness to self-sufficiency. The results speak for themselves. Ninety percent of the program’s graduates and 65 percent of non-graduates achieve success. Success is defined as achieving greater self-determination, increasing education and employment skills, obtaining and retaining permanent housing, and overcoming the impact of trauma...
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