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Across the Kansas City metro, communities on both sides of the state line are working together to strengthen local food access through collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to helping neighbors thrive. Food Connect is proud to partner with organizations making that work possible by providing reliable transportation and logistics. Together, we're creating a food system where nutritious food reaches the people who need it most and community partnerships grow even stronger.

Making an impact in Kansas City

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Program highlights

Home Delivery
Partnering with the Jewish Family Services
Jewish Family Services (JFS) provides nutritious food boxes to community members across Kansas and Missouri. Through this partnership, Food Connect coordinates pickup and delivery logistics from the JFS warehouse directly to participants’ homes, helping JFS reach more households while allowing its team to remain focused on serving the community.
Food is Medicine
Partnering with Vibrant Health
Through our partnership with Vibrant Health, Food Connect delivers nutritious food directly to patients participating in its Food is Medicine program.
By providing reliable delivery services, we help Vibrant Health extend care beyond the clinic and ensure patients managing chronic health conditions have greater access to the nutritious foods that support their health and well-being.
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Surplus Food Recovery
Partnering with Just Food
Food Connect helps Just Food rescue and redistribute an average of 7,000 pounds of food each week through its network of community partners.
By providing reliable transportation and last-mile logistics, we help move more recovered food throughout the community, ensuring nutritious surplus food reaches local organizations and the people they serve.

Partners and affiliations

Jewish Family Services
Just Food
Clay County Public Health Center
Vibrant Health
Jewish Family Services
Just Food
Clay County Public Health Center
Vibrant Health
Northland Health Alliance Access to Healthy Food Taskforce
Healthy Food for All- Douglas County, KS
Empower Missouri Food Security Coalition
KC Health Collaborative
Community Cross Lines Outreach
Northland Health Alliance Access to Healthy Food Taskforce
Healthy Food for All- Douglas County, KS
Empower Missouri Food Security Coalition
KC Health Collaborative
Community Cross Lines Outreach

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