Community Resources Council’s Mission is to connect the resources in our community through Collaboration, Advocacy, Research and Education.
Check out our 3 CARE Center locations below ↓ ↓ ↓
CRC @ Avondale East
455 S.E. Golf Park Blvd. Topeka, KS 66605
785-233-1365
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2013: In partnership with Topeka Public Schools and the Topeka Rescue Mission, CRC became the project head for the Avondale East NET Center Project. We repurposed a retired 1960s school building into a Neighborhood Empowerment & Transformation Center (NET Center). CRC is the manager of this pilot program and sets the stage for the collaborating partners to provide services to the local community and more specifically, to the
Hi-Crest West area.
2017: The Avondale East NET Center is re-branded to the CRC CARE Center in an effort to focus on CRC’s core mission – to connect the resources in our community through Collaboration, Advocacy, Research, & Education. CRC has taken an anchor building within a distressed neighborhood and has successfully repurposed it. CRC CARE Center at Avondale East, a unique collaboration will reduce and mitigate homelessness in Topeka. This collaboration continues to reduce crime within the Hi-Crest neighborhood. Creating a new sense of community within Hi-Crest West will continue to improve the family unit and have decreased the infant mortality rate fostering a new sense of hope for those who live in Hi-Crest West.
Community Action
Community Action, Inc., is a locally controlled, private, non-profit organization who is part of America’s poverty fighting network. Community Action Agency carries out its anti-poverty mission by developing partnerships and providing resources that help people and communities thrive.
Fellowship Hi-Crest (FHC)
FBC strives to transform the lives of those in the community through finding and following Jesus Christ. They offer weekly family dinners on Wednesdays and have started SENT.
Kansas Association of Community Action Programs (KACAP)
KACAP is the membership association for Community Action Agencies (CAA) in Kansas, and as such we have three primary goals: help our members be strong and more effectively able to pursue their individual missions to end poverty; help Kansas develop a comprehensive model to end poverty, and be the leading advocate in promoting an end to poverty.
SENT
Strengthening and Empowering Neighborhoods Together (SENT) works on community development, improving early childhood education, and having the emotional-mental side of things restored and reconciled in the neighborhood.
Topeka Public Schools Police Department
The vision of the Topeka Public Schools Police Department is to be relevant, ready and responsive to all who attend and work in Topeka Public Schools. The mission of the Topeka Public Schools Police Department is to provide for the safety and security of students, staff, faculty, volunteers, and patrons of Topeka Public Schools. We will work in a proactive manner to locate and identify potential hazards and/or criminal activity.
Hi-Crest Stats
Population & Age
Population: 6,175
Median age: 36
Household & Housing Stats
Average household size: 10.1 people
Percentage of family households: 59.2%
Percentage of married-couple families: 45.8%
Percentage of married-couple families with children: 25.9%
Percentage of single mother households: 7.9%
Percentage of a detached house: 88.4% of all units
Percentage of a mobile home: 14.6% of all units
Percentage of units with a mortgage: 61.3%
Median rent (2016): $468
The average estimated value of a detached house (2016): $74,171
Education
Less than high school: 38.2%
High school or equivalent: 17.2%
One year or more of college: 16.6%
Associates degree: 5.9%
Bachelor’s degree: 7.9%
Master’s degree: 4.5%
Income & Poverty Stats
Median income (2016): $52,758
Population below poverty level: 24.2%
Source: city-data.com
CRC @ Lundgren
1020 NE Forest Ave. Topeka, KS 66616
785-969-9951
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We enable kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with life skills curriculum, we create learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence, and resilience that kids carry to everything they do.
Our mission statement is To impact the lives of young people in Shawnee & Jackson counties by providing learning opportunities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf.
I AM Passionette is an innovative arts program dedicated to fostering creativity and self-expression in individuals of all ages. Offering a diverse range of artistic opportunities, including dance, voice, and literature, to both adults and children.
With a mission to ignite passion and unleash creative potential, IAP goes beyond traditional arts education by providing a platform for passionate expression through physical training and mentorship. Through the N. E. T. T. E. philosophy (New Everlasting Testimonies Transforms Everyone), Asianah McCracken and her team inspire individuals to discover their unique voices, express their innermost emotions, and create everlasting testimonies through the arts.
Keep America Beautiful – Topeka/Shawnee Co.
We believe in the shared American responsibility to build and maintain clean, green, and beautiful spaces. That’s why we take action every day to improve and beautify our community in Shawnee County, KS.
We are a nonprofit community of growers from the Oakland area. We are volunteers & seek to create a safe, community driven environment for all. The produce from the garden are given & shared with Oakland neighbors & Topeka free of charge.
Our mission is to join Jesus in the work He’s doing in our community.
Silverbackks, Inc. is a grass-roots volunteer organization which formed in July 2011. The organization was co-founded by Jude Quinn. Being a transplant to Topeka he wanted to give back to the community and meet people. Unfortunately, he found that most local organizations required dues and formal commitments of time by volunteers. The demands of his career and family life were not conducive for making normal time commitments as so many organizations require. This reality caused him to branch out on his own and he started Silverbackks by passing out cold bottles of water to people on the streets on a very hot Sunday. From that simple act, SilverSunday was created.
SilverSunday grew from bottled water, to coffee/cookies, to sack lunches and now we serve hot meals every Sunday to anyone who wants a meal. From the simple act of serving a bottle of water and offering SilverSunday, our other programs were conceived.
Our mission is to ensure every child in our community has access to brand-new shoes. By collecting donated shoes, partnering with local businesses, and working hand in hand with our community, we transform generosity into opportunities-giving kids confidence, comfort, and hope for the future.
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CRC @ Stout
2303 SW College Ave.
785-CRC-CARE – OR – 785-272-2273
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Aparentsbreak
Apple Seeds is more than early childhood education and a lot more than just a daycare. We partner with families to create an experience where children are preparing for life, not just kindergarten. We believe that children need the chance to get messy and to figure out that they can handle things. We climb trees, balance on logs, and climb on and over whatever we can when appropriate. We wobble and topple and giggle tons. It’s a LOT of fun! We are firm believers in the concept that practice makes progress not perfection.
You won’t find stock photos, fluff, smoke and mirrors, or fillers here. You will find real people who love what they do and want to make a difference. Here’s the kicker, we don’t want to do what everyone else is doing. We know children learn through play and play is often messy.
Projects can and often need to be big and broad. They need time to be expanded upon. If we stop and put everything away all of the time, we are missing out on opportunities for growth, creativity, discussion, and more.
Our mission is to provide a nourishing, affordable, sustainable food source to Central Topeka neighborhoods facing food insecurity.
To recruit, raise up, and retain you and children’s ministry leaders who build healthy ministries and reach the next generation for Christ.
Full Circle Sustainability is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in July 2023 with a mission of making low-waste living easier! We aim to create and increase access to sustainable systems, particularly those that support local food production and waste reduction.
Inner healing and deliverance prayer ministry.
Junior Achievement of KS – Topeka
Junior Achievement has over 100 local JA Areas across the nation, and together we are the nation’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices. JA’s programs in the core content areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy ignite the spark in young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work and life in the 21st century.
We are a nonpartisan organization that promotes political responsibility through informed and active participation of citizens in government.
We exist to make disciples who proclaim all of Christ, in all of life, to all the world.
Topeka Doula Project, Inc. is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering evidence based doula support to teen mothers, incarcerated and reintegrating mothers, and low-income mothers and their families.
We serve expectant families through prenatal education, continuous labor support, and sustained postpartum community connection. Our goals are to provide pregnancy and childbirth education that entrusts mothers to make informed decisions about their care, to empower moms to make healthy decisions for the well-being of themselves and their children, and to improve the mother’s birth experience.
The mission of the Topeka Symphony Society is to encourage and cultivate appreciation and support for fine music in northeast Kansas by presenting performances of high quality and by providing educational and performance opportunities for youth.
Valley Park Stats
Population & Age
Population: 5,874
Median age: 39
Household & Housing Stats
Average household size: 3 people
Percentage of family households: 35%
Percentage of married-couple families: 37%
Percentage of married-couple families with children: 35%
Percentage of single mother households: 7.9%
Percentage of a detached house: 88.4% of all units
Percentage of a mobile home: 14.6% of all units
Percentage of units with a mortgage: 61.3%
Median rent (2016): $468
The average estimated value of a detached house (2016): $74,171
Education
Less than high school: 38.2%
High school or equivalent: 17.2%
One year or more of college: 16.6%
Associates degree: 5.9%
Bachelor’s degree: 7.9%
Master’s degree: 4.5%
Income & Poverty Stats
Median income (2016): $52,758
Population below poverty level: 24.2%
Source: city-data.com