Month: July 2014

Wyandot Center began accepting applications for rental assistance on July 1 through a grant awarded to the community mental health center by Kansas Housing Resources Corp.

Wyandot Center is one of 10 agencies designated to receive funds from KHRC for Tenant Based Rental Assistance. Wyandot Center received a $75,000 grant.

Sherri Hewitt, Wyandot Center TBRA coordinator, said that to be eligible persons must be Wyandotte County residents who are at or below 60 percent of the area median income, and the head of the household or spouse must be a person with a disability, specifically, mental illness. There are no restrictions on the number of persons in the household. Receiving services through Wyandot Center is not an eligibility requirement. Households generally pay no more than 30 percent of their income for rent with assistance from this grant. Security and utility deposit assistance may also be available.

Applications are available at Wyandot Center, 1301 N. 47th St., Kansas City, Kan., from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. Applicants can enter the building marked Adult Services. For more information or to receive an application by mail, contact Hewitt, at 913-288-4247 or [email protected].

Funded through the federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program and administered by KHRC, Tenant Based Rental Assistance allows organizations like Wyandot Center to provide rental subsidies for income-eligible individuals. The subsidy acts as short-term housing assistance until other, more permanent housing subsidy funds become available.

“TBRA funds help individuals obtain safe, decent, affordable housing in Wyandotte County,” Hewitt said.

For more information about Wyandot Center, visit www.wyandotcenter.org.
– Story from Wyandot Center

by William Crum
Klaus Sack, one of the founding fathers of the Greater Kansas City Chefs Association, died on July 7, 2014. He was a resident of Kansas City, Kan.

He was born in Germany and grew up in World War II. As a young man he studied culinary arts and has worked in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland, plus he worked on various cruise lines.

He came to the United States with a suitcase and his culinary tools. While in the United States he was the executive chef at the Muehlebach Hotel. This is where he met his wife Carmen.

Known by many as one of the most influential chefs in the Kansas City area, he has played a major role in the Greater Kansas City culinary community, and was well respected for his culinary skills and leadership in the field.

He leaves his wife of many years, Carmen, his daughter Christina and son-in-law Mike.