Community Resources

The founder and director of the nonprofit recovery community organization MyRecoveryKC developed a program that’s secular and takes place in the Library.

Programs and resources are available at the Library for Spanish speakers, whether it's their first language or they're soccer fans visiting KC for a short while.

In 2026, the Library is teaming up with Re.Use.Full to launch Repair Cafés at five different locations, including the Plaza Branch on January 10.

The Library is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygiene kit drive, January 2 to 16.

In times of extreme weather, here's where to find shelter night and day.

The Kansas City Public Library hosts a Tap In Center on May 14 at the Bluford Branch, where patrons can get legal assistance, connect with local support services, and clear their warrants.

For the sixth year, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps Programs is collecting donations of travel-sized personal care items for a hygiene kit drive.

The north side of the Central Library’s third floor – an area that once housed a reference desk and row after row of books – has just reopened as the 3North Resource Center.

The Street Sheet is often used by unhoused Kansas Citians looking for clothing, food, shelter, and financial assistance. But it also includes information for veterans and families as well as phone numbers for local and national support agencies like Alcoholics Anonymous, Safe Place, and th...

Through photographs, video storytelling, and spatial elements, Evicted is an immersive exhibition illuminates the harrowing experience of eviction – faced annually by thousands in Kansas City and across the country. Inspired by Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in th...