Della Lamb Community Services

Della Lamb offers hope and assistance to low-income Kansas City people of all ages. Programs are designed to create self-sufficiency through education and support services. Our goal is to build each client’s self-esteem, self-reliance, self-worth, independence and sense of ongoing security.
Della Lamb Community Services was founded in 1897 as a Methodist Mission to provide child care for poor, working mothers. Today, we provide low-income families with early education, child care, youth services, adult services, adult education, transportation, emergency social services, international refugee services, Elementary Charter School education, back-to-school supplies, Thanksgiving groceries and Christmas groceries and gifts. Della Lamb Mabee Multi-Purpose Center and other Della Lamb youth sites offer educational, athletic, recreational, and cultural activities as well as drug and violence preventative programming for children and youth ages 5-18. In addition, we operate satellite centers throughout the inner city, including an Adult Education Center, Social Services, Transportation Center, and our Elementary Charter School at 10th and Charlotte.

Child Ages:

5 years - 18 years

Licenses & Accreditations:

State of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday: 8:10 A.M. to 3:40 P.M.