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Health Related Temporary Housing | Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City - Bernstein House

2501 Cherry St, Kansas City, MO 64108

Eligibility

Referral from medical facility social worker is required; Families of children age 21 or younger are eligible to stay at houses with priority given to families who live more than 35 miles from Kansas City area

Required documents

None

Hours

Check in or out any day, 24/7

816-842-8321
Voice·

Main Phone

Languages

Translation and interpretive services are available

Application process

Call for appointment

Fees

Donation of $10.00 per night per family is suggested; however families may pay less or nothing at all, depending on their personal circumstances; No family is turned away based on their inability to pay

Service area

Kansas and Missouri; Priority is for families who live more than 35 miles from the Kansas City area

The Cherry Street House is a 19-bedroom facility that provides temporary lodging for families of seriously ill children who must leave their own communities to seek medical care for their child.

Last Assured

05/09/2025

Providing organization

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY

Provides temporary lodging, respite, and all of the amenities of home convenient to local health facilities, creating a caring and uplifting environment, leveraging community partnerships with affiliated programs that comfort and assist children who have critical illnesses or injuries and their families. They provide three houses with a combined capacity of 80 bedrooms as well as 7 sleeping rooms inside Children's Mercy Hospital in the Family Room program.

Health Related Temporary Housing | Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City - Bernstein House