KVC Missouri is a nonprofit child placing and behavioral health agency with a long legacy of compassionately serving children and families. It includes KVC Niles in Kansas City which offers day treatment (K-12 school) and psychiatric residential treatment, as well as treatment foster care, foster parent training and other community-based services for families.
At KVC, we want every child and adult to be safe & connected to a strong family and a healthy community. We’re proud to be a leader in innovative, effective and compassionate care.
When a child enter foster care, child welfare agencies immediately seek out relatives or people the child already knows since they deserve to be be in the least restrictive environment with people they are familiar with. Learn more about how the kinship process works.
If you’re interested in fostering, choosing the right agency to support you is important. This post shows what to focus on when making this decision.
Have you heard of treatment foster care? It’s similar to traditional foster care but differs in several ways. Learn how in this post.
Treatment foster care is a form of specialized foster care for youth with elevated mental, behavioral or medical needs. It’s designed to provide youth with a more structured environment than that of general foster care. Learn more.
More than 13,800 youth are in foster care in Missouri, and the need for foster parents is greater than ever. Find out how you can help.
Interested in growing your family through adoption? You may have heard that it can be very expensive. However, one option is basically free!
