The first kitchen was opened in June 1994 at the Boys and Girls Club of Oaklawn. A second Kids Kitchen will open on August 20th at the Boys and Girls Club at 21st and Grove Streets. Family incomes are too low to feed the children. Health care costs and housing are too expensive. Lack of education and training contribute to chronic unemployment of heads of households.
Child care is too costly to allow the head of household to maintain full-time employment.
Kansas children statistics There are 21,000 hungry children in Kansas. There are 48,000 Kansas children at risk of being hungry. That is a total of 69,000 children who are hungry or at risk. One out of every seven Kansas children are hungry or at risk.