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🏠 The Kitchen, Inc.
The Kitchen, Inc. is a Springfield, Missouri nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness in the Ozarks. Founded in 1983, the organization offers a range of programs:Emergency shelter and community housing for families, individuals, youth, seniors, and veterans
Affordable housing developments (over 260 units)
Case management and support services to help clients overcome barriers to stability
Home At Last, a program serving homeless veterans and their families
Located at the O’Reilly Family Campus (730 N Glenstone Ave), The Kitchen, Inc. offers wraparound services aimed at making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring
🧒 Rare Breed Youth Services
Rare Breed is The Kitchen, Inc.’s youth-specific outreach program. It caters to homeless or at-risk youth aged 13–24, offering a low-barrier, drop-in model at 301 N Main Ave, open weekdays .Key Services:
Immediate access to hygiene items, showers, food, clothing, laundry, Wi‑Fi/computer lab, art & music studios, workout room, and a parenting nurseryHousing navigation, including shelter placements and assessments
Case management linking youth to medical, dental, educational, training, and mental‑health services
Daily life‑skills groups (covering topics like anger management, healthy relationships, tenant rights, hygiene, etc.)
Trauma‑informed, youth‑development approach, emphasizing flexibility, choice, and cultural competence
Rare Breed also coordinates with community partners like the Ozarks Alliance to End Homelessness and the Homeless Youth Task Force
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Looking for a meaningful way to support homeless and at-risk youth? Volunteer to serve dinner at Rare Breed Youth Services! We are seeking individuals or small groups (up to 4 people) to provide a hot, homemade meal for up to 40 youth, Monday through Friday. Volunteers prepare the meal offsite and bring it to Rare Breed, ready to serve by Read more...
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Front Desk Volunteer Multiple shifts Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm The Front Desk Volunteer greets visitors, answer phones, and maintains a welcoming environment of the lobby. The volunteer must commit to a regular schedule with a minimum of 2 hours per week. The Front Desk Volunteer is supervised by the Office Coordinator. Requirements: • Complete a volunteer interest form: https://www.thekitcheninc.org/volunteer/ • Register with Read more...
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Family Connection is a program that creates a safe space and supervision during parent-child visits for families who are working towards reunification in the foster care system. We use the safe spaces inside of churches, non-profits, and house-like buildings run by these organizations to meet the gap of safe, comfortable, and private visits spaces, and trains community volunteers to provide Read more...
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Kids’ Harbor, Inc. is a child advocacy center serving the Lake of the Ozarks area in Central Missouri, Fort Leonard Wood, and surrounding areas. This agency assists victims of child abuse and their safe caregivers as they make their way through the difficult and often frightening process of a child abuse investigation. Kids’ Harbor was established in Camdenton, Missouri by Read more...
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Non-profit mental health and substance use disorder clinic Read more...
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The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. Read more...
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Looking for a meaningful way to support homeless and at-risk youth? Volunteer to serve dinner at Rare Breed Youth Services! We are seeking individuals or small groups (up to 4 people) to provide a hot, homemade meal for up to 40 youth, Monday through Friday. Volunteers prepare the meal offsite and bring it to Rare Breed, ready to serve by Read more...
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Front Desk Volunteer Multiple shifts Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm The Front Desk Volunteer greets visitors, answer phones, and maintains a welcoming environment of the lobby. The volunteer must commit to a regular schedule with a minimum of 2 hours per week. The Front Desk Volunteer is supervised by the Office Coordinator. Requirements: • Complete a volunteer interest form: https://www.thekitcheninc.org/volunteer/ • Register with Read more...
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