Kansas City

Deaf Hope, Incorporated
    733 Sandusky Avenue
    Kansas City, KS 66101
County of Wyandotte
(913) 621-4673 (Voice)
(913) 621-5035 (TTY/FAX)
Donald M. Rodak, Executive Director
Year Established:  1993
Ownership:  Private Nonprofit
Number of Staff:  5 Full-time; 3 Deaf; 1 American Sign Language Skilled
Interpreters:  1 Full-time
Services Offered:  Alcoholism; Drug Abuse; Information/Referral; Prevention/Education; Assessment/Intake; Outpatient Treatment; Family Programs; Aftercare; Halfway Housing
Interpreted AA Meetings:  3 In-house; 2 In Area
Number of Special Devices for the Deaf:  3 Closed Captioning; 5 TTYs
Number of Deaf Clients Served:  38 Past 6 Months; 60 in the Past Year
Ages of Clients Served:  18-65 and Over
Populations Served:  Hispanic; Native Americans; Women; DWI; HIV Positive People; People with AIDS; Developmentally Disabled; Mentally Ill Chemical Abusers; Deaf
Financial Arrangements:  Self-pay; SSI/SSD; Private Insurance

This program has been developed in the course of an agreement among the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Monroe County Department of Mental Health.  Copying is freely allowed so long as credit is given and the copies are not sold.