Domestic Violence Hotline
Available 24 hours a day, anyone suffering from abuse (women, teens, men) may call the metro-area domestic violence hotline for help, support or immediate shelter (for women and their children only). Reasonable accommodations for interpreters and auxilliary aids are available.
For information about Hope House and the many services it offers, please call the Hope House hotline at 816.461.HOPE (4673).
- To reach any of the six Kansas City area shelters call the metro hotline at 816.HOTLINE (468-5463).
- TTY (English): 1.800.735.2966
- TTY (Spanish/Español): 1.800.520.7309
Shelter
- Safe, confidential shelter for up to 104 women and children per day
- Individual therapy
- Group therapy
- Substance abuse counseling
- Referrals for housing, financial, medical and Legal Aid
- Licensed therapeutic daycare program for children
- On-site clothing and supplies closet
- Case management services
- Extended Stay Program
Outreach
- Individual counseling for non-residential victims, both women and children
- Substance abuse counseling
- Support groups with child care provided
- Support for friends and family
- Hospital-based Advocacy Program
- Supervised visitation center for safe exchange and therapeutic visits with non-custodial parents
Legal
- Emergency Ex-Parte orders
- Contract attorney to assist with divorce and child custody issues (for current clients only)
- Court advocacy programs in 11 courts in eastern Jackson County, Missouri
Prevention