Partners for Wichita

United Way of the Plains is a local, volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization that addresses issues, such as care senior citizens and youths-at-risk. It serves clients in Sedgwick and surrounding counties in central Kansas. The organization is involved in coordinating various health and human services. United Way of the Plains raises funds to support more than 90 programs at local nonprofit organizations and to provide direct community services. It operates a 2-1-1 call center that connects people to nonprofit and government human services. The organization works with a team of over 200 volunteers who review community needs to direct funds and support to promote financial stability, improve health and increase education opportunities.

Wichita Children's Home, founded in 1888, is a charitable institution and an orphanage that supports and provides care for destitute and homeless children. The organization offers emergency and temporary residential center for children in Sedgwick County, Mo. It provides care for victims of abuse, abandonment and neglect, as well as runaways, children facing family crisis and children who may be at risk in their homes. Its BRIDGES is a three-phase transitional living program for adolescents aged from 16 to 21 years who have no safe living environment with family or relatives available to them. The organization s child access program serves nonresidential parents whose visits with their children must be supervised according to a court order. Additional services provided by the organization include case management, educational and employment assistance, drug and alcohol assessment, crisis counseling and referral services. Wichita Children's Home is located in Wichita, Kan.