Help@Home

Let Help@Home Keep You in Your Home and Independent

Help@Home is a membership-based, fee-based* program which provides high quality, dependable minor home repairs and access to a variety of other services needed to help older adults maintain their independence. Our Community Handyman is there to serve our members’ needs 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Help@Home services:

  • Minor home repairs
  • Chore services
  • One-on-one computer troubleshooting
  • Annual home safety assessment with a licensed occupational therapist
  • Information and Referral services through our JFS case managers
  • Educational programs throughout the year

Hear an interview with one of our satisfied Help@Home members just click here.

Concierge services (discounted for Help@Home members)

Home for Life Solutions: An electronic safety and assurance service offered through John Knox Village.

Help@Home is made possible through the generous financial support of:

  • Abe & Anna Bograd Memorial Trust Grants
  • H&R Block Foundation
  • Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City
  • Jewish Heritage Foundation of Greater Kansas City
  • Menorah Legacy Foundation
  • Partners For Livable Communities

For more information please contact Dawn Herbet, Director of Older Adult Initiatives, at 913-327-8239 or dherbet@jfskc.org. Or contact us at helpathome@jfskc.org.

*Jewish Family Services never wants financial need to prevent participation in this program; financial grants are available.

To view a Help@Home brochure, click here

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