Student and Family Support

Elementary Schools 

Chinn Elementary
English Landing Elementary
Graden Elementary
Hawthorn Elementary
Hopewell Elementary
Line Creek Elementary
Prairie Point Elemetnary
Renner Elementary
Southeast Elementary
Tiffany Ridge Elementary
Union Chapel Elementary

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Congress Middle School
Lakeview Middle School
Plaza Middle School
Walden Middle School

HIGH SCHOOLS

Park Hill High School
Park Hill South High School
LEAD Innovation Studio

OTHER SCHOOLS

Gerner Family Early Education Center (school psychologist)
Russell Jones Education Center (social worker)

Elementary Schools

Chinn
English Landing
Graden
Hawthorn
Hopewell
Line Creek
Prairie Point
Renner
Southeast
Tiffany Ridge
Union Chapel
 

Middle Schools

Congress Middle School
Lakeview Middle School
Plaza Middle School
Walden Middle School

High Schools

Park Hill High School
Park Hill South High School
LEAD Innovation Studio

Early Education

Gerner Family Early Education Center
Russell Jones Education Center

Harvesters BackSnack Program
3801 Topping Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64129
816-929-3000

BackSnack is a partnership between Harvesters, a participating school and a local community partner. Harvesters provides the food and the backpacks. The local community partners help facilitate picking up the BackSnack food kits from Harvesters and distributing them to the schools. School Social Workers distribute the BackSnacks to students weekly at each school. If you are interested in receiving a BackSnack, please contact your school's social worker.

reFRESH Personal Care Closet

Park Hill School District has partnered with Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church to assist families in obtaining needed hygiene supplies. The reFRESH Personal Care Closet provides students and their families with items such as shampoo, conditioner, soap, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, ponytail holders, deodorant, shaving cream, razors, feminine hygiene products, laundry detergent, and toilet paper.

The Park Hill School District has been approved to receive donations of personal care items to distribute to our students.  If you are interested in receiving these resources, please contact your student’s school social worker. 

Miles of Smiles         
5536 NE Antioch Road           
Kansas City, MO 64119
816-413-9009   

This service is provided by Miles of Smiles and needs to be approved through an application process. The dental van will be on site at several schools throughout the school year or appointments can be made at their clinic, 5536 NE Antioch Road. 

Miles of Smiles application

Missouri HealthNet
Family Support Division Contact Center
855-373-9994

The Department of Social Services provides many services for Missouri children through the MO HealthNet for Kids (MHK) Program, the state’s healthcare program for children. Two divisions within the department, the Family Support Division and the MO HealthNet Division coordinate to provide these services. You must complete an application to determine eligibility. 

Eligibility information

Park Hill Nutrition Services
Schools send school meal applications home at the beginning of each school year. However, you may apply for school meals at any time throughout the school year by submitting a household application directly to your school. Your school will provide you with an application upon request.

Information about Applying for Free and Reduced Meals

Operation School Bell
6101 N Chestnut
Gladstone, MO 64119
Phone: 816-453-6011

This service is provided through the Northland Assistance League and has a limited number of referrals each year at each school. The program runs September- December and an appointment is made for elementary students to take a bus to Northland Assistance League accompanied by the school social worker and school counselor. Middle school students are accompanied by their guardian.  A permission slip and referral form are required.

Park Hill PTA Clothing Center 
8009 North Atkins (next to the Gerner Family Early Education Center)
Kansas City, MO

The PTA of the Park Hill School District runs a clothing center that provides free, gently used clothing and new socks and underwear to district students. The PTA Clothing Center serves all Park Hill School District students from kindergarten through 12th grade, and the PTA asks you to bring some proof that you are enrolled in a Park Hill school. This could be a student ID, bus pass, dated letter from a principal or social worker, class schedule or enrollment form.

All shopping days are on Tuesday. On the second shopping day of November, December, January, February, March and April, the center will be open for morning hours only.  

Park Hill's Free and Reduced Lunch Program

Good Samaritan Center
816-630-2718

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
816-741-6349

Metropolitan Lutheran Ministries
816-454-5295

Missouri Valley Community Action
816-776-6057

Northland Assistance Center
816-421-2243
Only takes calls on Monday at 10 a.m.

Parkville Presbyterian Church
SPEAC Food Pantry
816-741-1641

St. Therese/St. Vincent
816-741-8661 (call before noon)

United Way info line
211

Vineyard Church
816-734-8100​

Utilities

United Way Info Line
211

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
(816) 858-5153

Housing

Homeless Hotline
(816) 474-4599
Services: Provides information on local homeless shelter availability.

reStart Youth Network Youth Emergency Shelter
918 E. 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 472-5664 ext. 242
(816) 309-9048 (24 hour hotline)
Services: Emergency shelter for youth age 12-18 , outreach services, and referral to resources.

Youth Resiliency Center/Synergy Services
2001 Northeast Parvin Road
Kansas City, MO 64116
(816) 505-4799
Services: The YRC brings together comprehensive services including medical, mental and dental health clinics; healing creative arts and physical activities, drop-in services and advocacy programs for homeless teens.

Synergy House
2005 Northeast Parvin Road
Kansas City, MO 64116
(816) 741-8700
Services: A short-term emergency shelter that serves young people ages 12-18 who are in crisis due to abuse, neglect, running away, abandonment and homelessness.

Transitional Living Program
(816) 505-4814
Services: An independent living environment, individualized skills assessment and training, and support services for homeless people between the ages of 16 and 21 (youth 18-20 who are in Missouri state custody).

Crossroads Family Shelter - Salvation Army
14704 E. Truman Road
Independence, MO 64050
(816) 252-3200
Services: Emergency shelter for families.

Family Promise of the Northland
4406 NE 45th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64117
(816) 888-7070
Services: Shelter at area churches for families; assistance with transportation, finding employment, obtaining permanent residence.

Shelter KC Rescue Mission
1520 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 421-7643

ReStart Family Emergency Shelter
918 E. 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 472-5664

Safe Haven Domestic Shelter
816-321-7050
800-491-1114

Homeless Shelters

City Union Mission
Forest Avenue Family Shelter
1310 Wabash
Kansas City, MO 64127
(816) 474-4599
Services: Temporary housing for families, women and children.

Crossroads Family Shelter - Salvation Army
14704 E. Truman Road
Independence, MO 64050
(816) 252-3200
Services: Emergency shelter for families.

Family Promise of the Northland
4406 NE 45th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64117
(816) 888-7070
Services: Shelter at area churches for families; assistance with transportation, finding employment, obtaining permanent residence.

Kansas City Rescue Mission
1520 Cherry Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 421-7643

ReStart Family Emergency Shelter
918 E. 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106
(816) 472-5664

Safe Haven Domestic Shelter
816-321-7050
800-491-1114

Homeless Transitional Housing

U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development

Community LINC
4012 Troost
Kansas City, MO 64110
(816) 531-3727
(816) 595-5549 (intake)
Services: Transitional housing program for homeless families for up to a year.  Family must have a housing barrier and be working on goals of employment and debt reduction. Provides case management and follow up services.  Applicants must come from a homeless shelter.

Platte County

Hillcrest Ministries
Kansas City North/Parkville Housing Site
5609 N. Northwood, #1, Kansas City, MO 64151
(816) 587-9037
Fax: (816) 442-8022

Platte City Housing Site
220 N. Second Street, Platte City, MO 64079
(816) 431-6914   
Fax: (816) 431-6915

Metro Surrounding Counties

Hillcrest Hope Ministries 

Liberty:
612 N. Grover
Liberty, MO 64068
(816) 781-8988

Northland:
2901 NE Jaudon, #8
Avondale, MO 64117
(816) 452-8033

Services: A 90-day transitional housing program. Applicant must work full-time, complete application online or fax, and call desired location daily to check availability.

* Family must:

• Be homeless
• Agree to work full time (40 hours per week)
• Accept the responsibility to secure transportation for work
• Show motivation to change their situation

River of Refuge
5151 Raytown Road
Kansas City, MO 64133
(816) 678-7640

Contact: Craig White
Services: Transitional housing program for working homeless families currently living in motels.

Salvation Army Supportive Housing Program
101 W Linwood Boulevard
Kansas City, KS  66104
(816) 756-2769 ext. 214
Services: Transitional housing program for single women and families.  Must meet the HUD definition of the homeless and be able to secure written documentation stating such.

Sheffield Place
6604 E. 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64126
(816) 483-9927
Services: Transitional housing for homeless women and children.

Steppingstone
5100 Noland Road
Kansas City, MO 64133
(314) 427-3755
Services: Transitional living program

Synergy Transitional Living Program
400 E. 6th St
Parkville, MO 64152
(816) 777-0356 ext. 205
Services: Young adults, ages 16-21.

United Services Supportive Housing Program
6323 Manchester Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64133
(816) 358-6868 x 268 
Services: Housing program that subsidizes a family’s housing payments for up to two years.

Hillcrest Transitional Housing
serving Buchanan and eastern Jackson counties

St. Joseph Housing Site
3000 Parkway A, #7
St. Joseph, MO 64504
(816) 689-1383

Independence Housing Site
401 N Spring Street
Independence, MO 64051
(816) 461-0468

Lee's Summit Housing Site
501 SW Mission Road
Lee's Summit, MO 64063
(816) 600-2681

Apartments in District

Chinn Elementary/Plaza Middle/Congress Middle/Park Hill High School

Brentwood Manor
(816) 741-5473

Northwood
816-741-0532

Tiffany Ridge Elementary/Plaza Middle/Congress Middle/PH High School

Lakes Apartments
816-326-2191

The Vintage at Zona Rosa
816-848-1028

The Crossing at Barry Road
816-505-9700

Applewood
816-741-4100

Reserve at Barry
816-278-1020

Coves North/Coves North Duplexes
816-545-9486/816-741-1007

Bicycle Club
816-587-8660

Renner Elementary/Congress Middle/PH High School

River Stone Apartments
816-533-7187

The Oaks at Prairie View
816-741-7600

Hunter's Glen
816-326-2203

Line Creek Elementary/Congress Middle/PH High School

Line Creek Apartments
816-741-0773

Falcon Falls Apartments
816-656-3922

Southeast Elementary/Plaza Middle/Lakeview Middle/PH South HS

Chateau D'Mons
816-741-1594

Greystone
816-587-9044

Rivermont
816-587-8572

Willow Lake
816-816-587-4546

Camden Passage
816-587-2900

Graden Elementary/Plaza Middle/Lakeview Middle/PH High School

Mark IV
816-741-0800

Walnut Ridge
816-741-1009

Windscape
816-741-5566

English Landing Elementary/Plaza Middle/Lakeview Middle/PH South HS

El Chaparral
816-741-4108

Homestead Village
816-587-0602

Northcrest
816-741-5040

Hawthorn Elementary/Plaza Middle/Lakeview Middle/PH South HS

The Links
816-587-9800

Children's Mercy Urgent Care
The Children's Mercy Northland Urgent Care Center treats minor illnesses and injuries when your primary care doctor's offices are closed. 
Hours: Open every day from noon to 10 p.m. 
Phone: 816-413-2526

Platte County Health Department 
1201 East Street Parkville MO 64152
Phone: 816-587-5998 
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Call to make an appointment

Saint Luke's Northland Hospital
5830 NW Barry Rd., Kansas City, MO  
Phone: 816-891-6000

Saint Luke's North Hospital–Smithville
601 S. 169 Hwy.
Smithville, MO 64089 
Phone: 816-532-3700

Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center Northland Family Medicine & WIC Services
4820A N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64118
Phone: 816-413-0662
Fax: 816-413-0655
Hours: Monday and Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 8 a.m. – Noon  
Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Building Closed: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. daily for lunch.

Swope Health North
4443 N.W. Gateway, Riverside, MO 64150
Phone: 816-627-2050
Fax: 816-448-2907 
Hours: Monday 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

816-234-3257
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For children under age 18 only

Clay County Dental Clinic
800 Haines Drive, Liberty, MO 64068
816-595-4200
K-12 children only. Must live in Clay County

Kansas City CARE Clinic
5119 East 24th Street, Kansas City, MO 64127
816-753-5144
Must call at 8 a.m. to get appointment for the next day

Mercy and Truth Medical Missions
6303 Evanston, Raytown 64133
816-356-4325
Non-Emergency only

Miles of Smiles
5536 NE Antioch Road, Kansas City, MO 64119 
816-413-9009
Clay and Platte county children ages 2-18

Samuel Rodgers Health Center
Northland: 816-889-4613
Independence: 816-254-3382, for Jackson County Residents Only

Seton Center
2816 East 23rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64127
General, pediatric and geriatric dentistry
816-231-3955

Swope Health Services
Northland
4443 NW Gateway, Riverside, MO 64150
816-627-2050
For residents of Clay, Ray and Platte counties only

Swope Central
3801 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64130
816-923-5800

Truman Medical Center
Lakewood
816-404-5755
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
For general dentistry

Hospital Hill: 816-404-0500
For dental emergencies and oral surgery only

University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Dentistry
650 East 25th St., Kansas City, MO 64108
816-235-2100
People with speech or hearing impairments can call 1-800-735-2966 (TI) or 1-800-735-2466 (voice).

Platte, Judicial Circuit 6

Platte County Courthouse
415 Third Street Street, Platte City, Missouri  64079
Phone: (816) 858-2232
FAX: (816) 858-3392

Please contact the Platte County Courthouse for information about the following:

• Child custody
• Guardianship information
   

General Information

Platte County Circuit Clerk's Office
Phone: (816) 858-2232
FAX: (816) 858-3392

Please contact the clerk's office at (816) 858-2232 for information about the following:

• Adult protection orders
• Child protection orders

Platte County Juvenile Office
(816) 858-3420

Please contact the Juvenile Office at (816) 858-3420 or information about the following:

• Truancy

MO HealthNet for Kids
The Department of Social Services provides many services for Missouri children through the MO HealthNet for Kids (MHK) Program, the state’s healthcare program for children. Two divisions within the department, the Family Support Division and the MO HealthNet Division coordinate to provide these services.

MO Dept of Family Services
233 Marshall Road 
PO Box 2240 
Platte City, MO 64079

Phone: (816) 858-3740 
Fax: (816) 858-5208

Campfire USA
Camp Fire USA builds caring, confident youth and future leaders. It is inclusive, welcoming of children, youth and adults regardless of race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, sexual orientation or other aspect of diversity.

Children’s Mercy
(816) 960-4134
Gender Pathway Services at Children's Mercy provides interdisciplinary, family-centered services for transgender, gender-variant, and gender-questioning children. Their services are aimed at supporting the physical, mental and social health of patients and their families as they navigate the process of gender identity development.

Embark Counseling Teen LGBTQ Group 
Meets every-other Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Parent/guardian permission is required.

GLSEN, Greater Kansas City Chapter
(913) 608-4528
The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

Genders & Sexualities (GSA) Network
Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network is a youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources through peer support, leadership development, and training. GSA Network supports young people in starting, strengthening, and sustaining GSAs and builds the capacity of GSAs to: create safe environments in schools for students to support each other and learn about homophobia and other oppressions, educate the school community about homophobia, gender identity, and sexual orientation issues, and fight discrimination, harassment, and violence in schools.

Gender Spectrum
As the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, the Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than one million members and supporters nationwide — all committed to making HRC’s vision a reality.

GLOW (Growing and Leading Our Way)
(816) 204-6747
Synergy Youth Resiliency Center

Human Rights Campaign-Kansas City
As the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, the Human Rights Campaign represents a force of more than one million members and supporters nationwide — all committed to making HRC’s vision a reality.

Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP)
The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP) is a Missouri nonprofit corporation committed to providing domestic violence, sexual assault, and hate crimes advocacy and education to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. KCAVP was created to provide support and services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and hate crimes in western Missouri, eastern Kansas, with a focus on the Kansas City area.

Kansas City CARE (formerly Free Health) Clinic
(816) 753-5144
The Kansas City CARE Clinic is an integral part, the net under the safety net, of the health care delivery system in the Kansas City community. As it was formed to do in 1971, the Clinic provides basic health care services at no charge to people who cannot pay for care and to those who do not have insurance available to them. The Clinic helps keep the uninsured and underinsured healthy!

Kansas City Passages – Youth Center
(816) 931-0334
Passages Youth Center is a drug-free, alcohol-free, and hate-free center for 14- through 20-year-old lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Its goal is to help them grow as they explore the nature of their sexual and gender identities while having fun and meeting new friends at the same time. It provides educational information and experiences to encourage personal growth and social interaction to ease their transition into self-acceptance and to become empowered LGBTQ youth. These programs form a foundation of vital resources that provide youth with alternatives to risk-taking behavior.

Kansas City Gay Pride
The organization consists of an eager group of volunteers from the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The committee members are all greatly involved in their own businesses, as well as members of other organizations within the city.

Kansas City Center for Inclusion (formerly Like Me Lighthouse)
(816) 756-7770
Provides a safe and welcoming space where LGBT individuals and their families, friends, and straight allies can come for education, resources and to build a cohesive LGBT community in the Midwest. The Lighthouse will promote inclusion, respect and equality for the LGBT community. The Lighthouse will provide educational and social events to bring all individuals into the Lighthouse, as well as an outreach program to make the Midwest aware of the needs of the LGBT community. The LIKEME® Lighthouse will serve as a voice for the LGBT community in the Midwest.

Maryville University College Guide for LGBTQ Students

Modern Family Alliance
The Modern Family Alliance was organized in 2002 by a small group of people in Kansas City who were concerned that local gay and lesbian parents and prospective parents needed a presence, a voice, and a way to connect with each other. MFA supports LGBT parents in the greater Kansas City area and beyond to build families and raise children in a community that is respectful, encouraging, and inclusive.

PFLAG-KC
(816) 765- 9818
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Kansas City (PFLAG-KC) is a group of parents, siblings, friends, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people who: Provide a support system for the families and friends of LGBT people to enable them to understand, accept and support their children with love and pride; Provide education for individuals and the community at large on the nature of homosexuality; and Support the full human and civil rights of LGBT people.

Perform Out KC – Creative and Musical Expression for KC LGBT Youth
PerformOUTKC provides a safe, inclusive atmosphere for youth (13-20) of any and all identities, which fosters positive identity development through excellence in music performance and creative expression in the Kansas City Metro area. Explore self expression through the performing arts (Vocal and Instrumental Music, Dance, Theater, Writing, and the Visual Arts), share their life experiences and voices with the Kansas City Community through performance.

Safe Schools Coalition
The Safe Schools Coalition is an international public-private partnership in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth, that is working to help schools – at home and all over the world – become safe places where every family can belong, where every educator can teach, and where every child can learn, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.

Street Outreach Services (SOS) at Synergy
24-hour Youth Crisis Line: (888) 233-1639
(816) 741-8700
The Street Outreach team canvases Greater Kansas City helping homeless youth, up to age 22. The team provides basic necessities like food, water, clothing, blankets and hygiene products. Transportation and case management/referral services are also provided to youth as needed. For youth that want to get off the street, the team provides a bridge to Synergy House, the youth shelter.

Suicide Awareness Survivor Support
(913) 681-3050
SASS unites survivors of suicide (family, friends, etc.) throughout the greater Kansas City metropolitan and surrounding areas. We believe the public must be educated about suicide. They sincerely feel that “Suicide is everyone’s business.”

Transformations: A KC Trans & Gender Expansive Youth Group
A social, support group for trans and gender expansive young people ages 12-18 that meets first and third Tuesdays of the month. The group meets at ReStart Inc’s Housing Solution Center at 8th and Paseo (1444 E 8 Street, KC, MO).

Veronica’s Voice Youth Group – Kansas City
Crisis Line: (816) 728-0004 Veronica’s Voice is here to encourage, educate and empower American victims of commercial sexual exploitation of all ages to make lifestyle changes which lead to the recovery of their minds, bodies and spirits. Veronica’s Voice is Kansas City’s only advocacy and survivor-recovery program dedicated solely to victims of prostitution, commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. The primary focus of Veronica’s Voice is to offer compassionate and non-judgmental support to victims through survivor-run services. Veronica’s Voice offers exploited individuals a safe place to process their experiences with others who can relate to them, allowing them to take control of their lives.

Missouri Resources:

ACLU of Missouri
Mid-Missouri MU LGBTQ Resource Center
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks
GLSEN-Springfield
Megan’s Rainbow: free therapeutic, expressive arts group for LGBTQ teens: contact Brian Vega
Southeast Missouri PROMO
 

National Resources

COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere)
GLSEN (formerly Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network)
Human Rights Campaign 
National Center for Transgender Equality 
National LGBTQ Task Force 
PFLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays) 

Suicide Prevention Hotlines

The Trevor Project (LGBTQ Youth Hotline)
1-866-488-7386

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255

DeafLine Missouri
1-800-380-3323

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's REACH Initiative strives to help schools ensure their students and staff feel safe, welcome, and supported through trauma-informed care aligned with social-emotional supports. 

REACH Initiative

1. Decrease suicide and suicide attempts by increasing student knowledge and adaptive attitudes about depression.
2. Encourage students to seek help for themselves or their friends. 
3. Reduce the stigma of mental illness and acknowledge the importance of seeking help or treatment.
4. Engage parents and school staff as partners in prevention.
5. Develop community-based partnerships to support student mental health

Parent resources
Username: parkhill-par
Password: parkhill456

SOS opt-out form (PDF)

Webinar

We hosted and recorded an information webinar about the SOS program. 

Parents are one of the biggest influences in a child’s life. This is why we are hosting our Parenting In Challenging Times webinar series on a variety of topics to make it easier to do one of life’s hardest jobs — parenting.

Watch for upcoming webinars and register to watch the recordings of our previous webinars here.
 

Parenting in Challenging Times: How to Care for your Child and Yourself During this Pandemic 
How can parents care for themselves while addressing their children’s fears during this this time? The current pandemic is forcing us into uncharted waters as caregivers to our children. It is important to understand we are all experiencing trauma related to COVID-19, whether we are directly or indirectly impacted. In addition, many of the behaviors you might be experiencing with your kids are a direct result of underlying fears and uncertainty. We will talk about types of trauma and the responses you might be seeing in both your kids and yourself. In addition, we will talk about how important self-care is as you continue to care for your family.

Parenting in Challenging Times: Building Confidence and Resilience through Relationships. 
This webinar explores how communication and relationship skills are key to building confidence and resiliency. In addition to understanding the best ways to engage with others, we all have opportunities for success through working on our thoughts and self-reflection.

Parenting in Challenging Times: Conscious Discipline
What is conscious discipline, and why does it matter? Used for classroom management and social-emotional learning, conscious discipline is based on current brain research, child development information and age-appropriate practices. This approach teaches self-regulation skills, focuses on children's voice and empowers them to achieve behavioral goals. Benefits include creating healthy connections, improving impulse control and encouraging cooperation. Conscious discipline is an opportunity for us to better understand and change behavior, allowing us to effectively serve students' needs. Audra Olson will explain conscious discipline, drawing on her 30 years of experience as an educator and counselor in our Park Hill schools. Retired from the classroom, Olson continues to serve our students. She studied with the creator of conscious discipline, and she is working with our staff to bring these skills to Park Hill.

Parenting in Challenging Times: Building Resilience 
Everyone faces tough moments in life, but experiencing trauma in childhood can lead to a lifetime of consequences. Building resilience in students is an important part of the Park Hill School District's goal to prepare students for college, career and life. Licensed professional counselor Angie Winkler will help us understand the science of adverse childhood experiences, including how they influence development from childhood into adulthood. Winkler has worked in the mental health field for more than 15 years and has expertise in crisis assessment and stabilization, complex developmental trauma, child and adolescent therapy, child welfare and adoption. 

Parenting in Challenging Times: Fighting Vaping
Vaping is suddenly mainstream. In this webinar, board-certified pediatrician Dr. Natasha Burgert shares information on vaping and e-cig use, discusses the importance of proactive prevention, and shares practical ways to talk to children about this harmful habit. She reviews the basics of vaping, how it works, the product's history, and addiction concerns. Dr. Burgert helps parents figure out if a child might be vaping and what to do if they find their child with an e-cig device.
Vaping resources

Parenting in Challenging Times: Anxiety, Stress and Your Child
If you are a parent, you might have heard your child say, “I am so stressed out." You might have seen them overwhelmed, anxious, moody and exhausted. You are likely experiencing your own stress and anxiety about raising a child. We frequently use the terms "stress" and "anxiety" interchangeably, but children’s stress and anxiety disorders are not one and the same. It is important to understand the difference and to learn the tools that you and your child can use to decrease stress and to manage anxiety. Dr. Jill Rosbrugh, child and adolescent psychiatrist from Parkville, unpacks the different faces of childhood worry, talks about the major causes of stress, and shares how to develop healthy and effective skills for handling these normal stressors. You will also learn what signs are red flags for an anxiety disorder and what steps you can take with your child to get help. Whether it is normal stress or an anxiety disorder, it is big deal to your teen.

Parenting in Challenging Times: Is It Depression or Just Teen Angst? 
With almost 11 percent of adolescents and two percent of elementary school-aged children suffering from depression, this very debilitating mood disorder is the most common mental illness among youth. Sadly, many teens will go undiagnosed and untreated, which can lead to a wide array of other psychiatric conditions, including substance abuse, anxiety, school problems or worse — thoughts of suicide and self-harm. Because moodiness, irritability and isolation are often hallmarks of teenage growing pains, it can be hard for a parent to realize when his or her child is in need of help. At earlier ages, kids today have to cope with so much stress from school, social media, bullying, sexual identity issues, violence and exposure to traumatic events. When do isolation, moodiness, social media obsession, eating issues, poor sleeping habits or troubles at school indicate a need to take immediate action?

Parenting in Challenging Times: Safeguarding Our Children in Challenging Times webinar
No doubt today’s children and teens are exposed to extraordinary stresses at earlier ages, and they sometimes struggle to cope with social media, school violence, bullying, depression, substance abuse, sexual identity and exposure to traumatic events and losses. In this webinar, dynamic, nationally recognized speakers Scott Poland and Richard Lieberman empowered parents by directly addressing some of the most difficult questions about raising children.

Parenting in Challenging Times: Raising Resilient, Drug-Free Youth webinar
Talking about substance use and prevention can be stressful and anxiety-provoking, and navigating the drug-use landscape and keeping up with current trends can be chaotic and confusing for parents. In this webinar, Laura Bruce, program development specialist at Tri-County Mental Health Services, Inc., offered parents information about substance use, explained how drug use impacts brain development, shared facts about the most-used drugs among youth, and provided parents with tools to keep their children drug-free.

Talking to Children about Violence (PDF)

Substance Abuse

Al-Anon or Alateen
816-373-8566
1-888-4AL-ANON (1-888-425-2666)
Services: Support group

Alcoholics Anonymous
816-471-7229
Services: Support/treatment group

Alcohol Treatment Center Helpline
1-877-579-0078

C-STAR
17421 Medical Center Parkway
Independence, MO 64057
816-254-3652 ext. 4025
Services: Outpatient drug treatment for adolescents (age 12-18)

Crittenton Children’s Center
10918 Elm Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64134
816-765-6600
Services: Intensive individual and group outpatient substance abuse treatment program for adolescents and their families. Substance abuse assessments, outpatient treatment programs

First Call ( formerly National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence)
9091 State Line Road
Kansas City, MO 64114
816-361-5900 (answered 24/7)
Services: A program that offers referrals, assessments, and classes for individuals and families regarding alcohol/drug dependency.

Hope and Healing Addiction Services
7711 NW 83rd
Kansas City, MO  64153
816-663-5592
Services: Addiction assessment/evaluation, intensive outpatient treatment, supportive recovery counseling, therapy focus groups, legal and employment reports

Narcotics Anonymous
800-561-2250
Services: Support/treatment group

Northland Dependency Services, LLC
26 South Gallatin
Liberty, MO 64068
816-781-8999
Services: Drug testing, substance abuse assessments, education programs, outpatient treatment programs.
*Sliding Fee and Medicaid

Preferred Family Healthcare
7 Westowne
Liberty, MO 64068
816-407-1754
help@pfh.org
Services: Drug testing, substance abuse assessments, education programs, outpatient treatment programs. *Sliding fee and Medicaid

Re-Discover Substance Abuse Services
301 E. Armour
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-966-0900
Services: Counseling and psychiatric services, parenting classes and clinical case management.

Signature Behavioral Health
North Kansas City Hospital Campus
2900 Clay Edwards Drive, Suite 100
North Kansas City, MO  64116
816-795-1445
Services: Assessment and evaluation, outpatient treatment

Tri-County CSTAR Services provided by Addiction Recovery Services (ARS)
1520 B NE Parvin Road  (The Islander Building)
Kansas City, MO  64116
816-719-0099
Services: Intake assessments, outpatient treatment, may be able to provide transportation

Tri-County Mental Health Services, Prevention Services
3100 NE 83rd St. Suite 1001
Kansas City, MO 64119
816-877-0411
Services: Consult with community-based social service agencies, civic groups, and schools to present information on mental health and substance use.

PARK HILL COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Park Hill Community Alliance for Youth is a coalition of individuals and agencies who are deeply concerned about the health and safety of all youth within the Park Hill area. As substance use and mental health needs rise, we are looking to increase the efforts and the impact of this grassroots group.

While there is incredible need to provide additional intervention and treatment services, we believe that there is power and opportunity in building resilience in youth and preventing these disparities before they take root. With enough community buy-in and collaboration, we hope to attain federal support through the Drug Free Community Support program that could provide $1.25 million for prevention programming in our community over the next 10 years.

Please join us for one of our upcoming meetings where we will learn, collaborate, plan and act together to protect area kids. If you can’t join us on these dates, please do not hesitate to contact us for additional information about how you can get involved.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPOSAL

Keeping unused or expired prescription drugs in your home poses a risk to your family and your community. Help reduce prescription drug abuse and dispose of unwanted, unused, or expired medication at these locations. Click here for a list of locations.

PARENT RESOURCES

• Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
• ParentUP
• 6 Parenting Practices (PDF)
• Drug Guide for Parents (PDF)
• Fact Sheet Preventing Teen Abuse of Prescription Drugs (PDF)
• Parent's 20 Minute Guide
• Marijuana Talk Kit (PDF)
• Mental Health America
• Encourage Hope and Help
• Hope After Suicide Loss (PDF)