Residential Services
Sheffield Place is a nonprofit transitional living program on E. 12th Street in Kansas City, Missouri where, for over 19 years, homeless mothers and their children have found shelter and supportive services.
Fourteen homeless mothers and their children are able to take refuge with us. They may stay for up to two years. Now, these families call Sheffield Place “home” – a place where they can be safe today and build a strong tomorrow. The typical Sheffield Place family has been homeless for nine months and lived doubled-up with friends or family before entering the shelter. The typical Sheffield Place mother is a single, 29-year-old mother with two children. She is most likely unemployed and receiving welfare. She has been a victim of domestic violence and is recovering from an addiction to drugs and alcohol. She has few job skills and has completed the 11th grade.
Home at Sheffield Place is a two-room living unit with a private bathroom. Four or five families share a kitchen, dining room, and laundry room on the three residential floors.
To prepare families for self-sufficiency and the challenges of managing a home, families practice life skills. The mothers care for their own living unit and take responsibility for cleaning shared living spaces. With guidance, they learn to prepare healthy food on a tight budget and to resolve conflict in a positive manner. Financial education helps each woman resolve debt and place money in a savings account to begin preparing for the time when she leaves Sheffield Place.
Through long-term shelter and comprehensive supportive services, we help families identify opportunities to increase their income and educational level, to obtain and retain permanent housing, to achieve self-sufficiency and to overcome the impact of trauma.