Our mission: To provide services for treating substance use, mental health, and homelessness so that individuals may return to the community as responsible, employed, and permanently housed contributing members of society.

December 2022

Executive Director's Letter:

We at Benilde Hall are looking forward to a wonderful holiday season. Thanksgiving was a big hit with great food. My wife Michelle and my parents came down and shared a Thanksgiving meal with the guys here at Benilde Hall. There are so many things to be thankful for. The men here at Benilde Hall are something I’m thankful for every day. 

Lytle is scheduling work with subcontractors to start the actual work on the expansion at Benilde Hall. We are adding 8 single rooms with private bathrooms for Veterans in our Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program. Crews will be on-site on December 19-20th to start the work. Work is scheduled to be finished by March 18th. We are still working on raising funds. At this time, we are still looking for $50,000 to finish the $725,000 total cost. We were blessed by the Veterans United Foundation, who donated $5,000 for this project. 

KC Cattle Company is donating Wagyu hamburgers as part of their fundraising efforts. It is a huge blessing to have our community come together.

I wish you many blessings and health for this season of gratitude.

Kenneth Vick

MA, CRADC, CRPR, LAC

Executive Director

Donor Spotlight

KC Cattle Company

We are excited to announce that Benilde Hall's Safe Haven program is KC Cattle Company's newest Give Back Ground Beef recipient. Until the end of 2022, KC Cattle Company will be giving back to those we serve.

KC Cattle Company matched donations for the entirety of Giving Tuesday. For every pound of beef that was purchased, they donated one too!

We want to thank KC Cattle Company and their customers for their donations and support.



Crochet with Tiffany Hansen

We want to thank content creator Crochet with Tiffany Hansen for putting together the Benilde Hall Crochet Christmas Campaign.

Tiffany is encouraging her followers to crochet winterwear and blankets to gift our clients this holiday season. The campaign ends Friday, December 16th.

Thank you to everyone who has participated so far!

Originally from NW Ohio, Jen Payea is a Navy Veteran and active duty spouse. Most recently, in Ohio, Jen served as Executive Director for a substance abuse nonprofit and as a suicide prevention expert, speaking and educating thousands.

She spent a decade in Virginia Beach, where she completed her education at Regent University in Psychology with an emphasis in Substance Abuse counseling. Jen was published several times during this period.

Jen spent more than 10 years fighting against Sex Trafficking. Working with victims, educating the community, and lobbying to change laws related to trafficking.

With Safe Haven, she hopes to grow the program and work with area organizations to have a greater collective community impact.

Client to Staff Q&A: Meet Mark

Click below to read a Q&A with Mark, a former client who is now a Monitor at Benilde Hall's Safe Haven program.



In the News

Former Benilde Hall intern, Corey Schramm, was featured in an article from KCUR about the expansion of Veteran court programs in Kansas focused on helping Veterans with substance use disorder and trauma.



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Benilde Hall

3220 East 23rd Street

Kansas City, Missouri 64127

Phone: (816) 842-5836

Fax: (816) 421-5026

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