MLM is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit agency that works to ease the burdens of homelessness and poverty in the Kansas City metro area. Programs offered by MLM include emergency rent and utility assistance, homeless services, older adult services, and more. MLM operates three food pantry and emergency assistance locations and a nine-unit supportive residential complex for chronically homeless clients with severe mental health issues.
For 40 years, MLM has provided emergency assistance to homeless and housed families of all races and religions in Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. MLM reaches over 23,000 individuals battling poverty each year with food, clothing, rent/utility assistance, and minor home repairs. Beyond emergency assistance, we offer coaching on household budget skills and job searches and provide information about other community and government resources.
MLM has a rich history of pioneering emergency assistance programs in Kansas City that have become successful and separate not-for-profits. As examples, MLM was a founder of Harvesters Community Food Network, the central distribution center for Kansas City’s food pantries; Kansas City Community Gardens, a self-help and education-assistance program in designated garden plots across the city; Parvin Estates, a 300 unit apartment complex for low-income families in North Kansas City; Sheffield Place, transitional housing for women and children; and the Warmth and Light Coalition (now a part of Project Warmth), a collaboration with utility companies to provide emergency utility assistance.
Feeding those that are hungry.
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