Help where
you are
Serving 16 East-Central Kansas Counties and 8 Northeast Kansas Counties
Fighting Poverty
Supporting Low-Income Neighbors
Helping Achieve Self-Sufficiency
How we help
Connect to hope
We are a doorway to services that change lives for the better. We connect our neighbors with housing, food, childcare, and other resources. What we do provides more than services. It’s hope for the future.
Success Stories
“Doing Head Start helped me calm down and learn some new parenting skills. The girls have learned to do so much! Paisley went from barely saying any words when we started to speaking in complete sentences!"
“I was very nervous to have to access ECKAN and every worker has put my mind at ease with lots of help and explaining different ways of accessing the help.”
“I feel very blessed to have found out about the Weatherization Program, and I am very thankful of everything that it has done for me and my home to make it healthy and more efficient.”
“ECKAN offers a lot of resources and will help you find someone who offers resources if they cannot help.”
“I just would like to say how much I’ve appreciated the ECKAN food pantry. The ECKAN employees and volunteers are always very pleasant and go beyond to help those of us with limited incomes who would have difficulty stretching their food budget without this greatly appreciated program. I cannot thank you all enough.”
“I had a very low moment in my life and was feeling much despair. ECKAN helped me, and not only did they help me, but they made me feel like I could get through this and lifted my spirits tremendously at a very low point. I cannot do enough to show my gratitude.”
ECKAN By The Numbers 2023
400
Children Age 0-5 Served By Head Start
$
1047192
Total HUD Housing Assistance
100
Total Homes Weatherized
40
Average Rental Units Leased Per Month