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Community Resources
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Monday, April 28, 2025
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.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
In times of extreme weather, here's where to find shelter.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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.
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Monday, July 24, 2023
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...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Just before Christmas, a young woman – pregnant and accompanied by her mother – sought out the Library’s Community Resources team for help. She had a new place to live but lacked furnishings and many other everyday essentials. Wher...