Homeless Resource Center

Hours: Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Homeless Resource Center (HRC) is a comprehensive, daytime assistance center for homeless adults and families in Wichita/Sedgwick County.

The HRC provides a safe environment for individuals to bathe, launder their clothes, receive mail, eat a daily meal, have a place to store personal belongings, meet with Open Door case managers, have access to the Klothes Kloset and connect with services offered by Open Door and our partner agencies.

The facility offers space for clients, community offices for use by partner agencies, an education room, chapel and on-site access to medical and mental healthcare providers.

Open Door continues to seek collaborative partners willing to leverage their services andexpertise against ours to increase effectiveness. We provide a single access point and services complimentary to our partners.

Our current on-site, collaborative partnerships are:

• COMCARE of Sedgwick County Homeless Services
• Sedgwick County Shelter Care Plus
• Veterans Administration
• Kansas Legal Services
• GraceMed Health Clinic
• Hunter Health Clinic
• People’s Net (peer support)
• Salvation Army (veteran family assistance)
• Catholic Charities (veteran family assistance)
• Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center
• Wichita Public Library
• Miracles Inc. (addiction counseling)

In addition, Open Door has long-standing referral relationships with , Union Rescue Mission (bed shelter), Kansas Department of Children and Families, Inter-Faith Ministries (housing), The Lord’s Diner, Center of Hope and the Wichita Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team.

Eligibility

Individuals and families are eligible to receive assistance at the HRC if they meet the following requirements:

1. Must be homeless, as verified by another social-service agency or third party.
2. Be age 18 or older.
3. Agree to a tuberculosis test, administered on site by GraceMed Clinic.

Angee Sisco, Homeless Services Division director
Phone: 316.265-9371
FAX: 316.269.0918