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Health Resources
American Cancer Society

1-800-227-2345
(785)-273-4422
1315 SW Arrowhead Rd
Topeka, Kansas 666044020

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Cancer support resources and information

American Diabetes Association

National: 1-800-342-2383
Local: (913) 383-2319 
10580 Barkley 
Suite 400 
Overland Park, Kansas 66212 

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Email: AskADA@diabetes.org

Diabetes information resources
Monday - Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

American Heart Association

1-800-242-8721
6800 W. 93rd St.
Overland Park, KS 66212
OR
5375 SW 7th St.
Topeka, KS 66606

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Information about heart disease, CPR classes.

American Lung Association

National: 1 800 586 4872
Local: 316-558-3090 x202
2024 N. Woodlawn Suite 114
Wichita, Kansas 67208

National website >
Regional website >

Email: info@lung.org

Can answer questions and provide information about lung health

American Red Cross

National: 1 800 733 2767
Local: (785) 843-3550
2518 Ridge Ct # 205  
Lawrence, KS 66046-4089
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Local website >

Offers emergency preparedness classes, disaster relief assistance
 

Ballard Community Service Center

785-842-0729
P.O. Box 7
708 Elm Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66044

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Utility assistance, free tax service, food pantry,  medical prescription 
assistance, clothing and item pantry, school supplies, furnace 
inspections, commodities

Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center

(785) 843-9192
200 Maine St # B  
Lawrence, KS 66044-1396

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Offers adult, child and family mental health services, community 
support services, behavioral aging specialists, homeless outreach          
specialists, dialetical behavior therapy (DBT)

Children's Miracle Network

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Local hospital is the KU Medical Center

Douglas County Aids Project 

785-843-0040
518 Ridge Ct , Ste. 101, 
Lawrence, KS 66046 

Free HIV Testing by appt.


Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to - 4:30 pm

Douglas County Dental Clinic

(785) 312-7770
316 Maine Street  
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Email: director@dcdclinic.org 

Dental services provided at reduced cost to low income patients, proof of income required.


Hours: Monday - Thursday 8AM-12PM and 1PM-5PM
Friday - 8AM - 12PM

East Heights Early Childhood Family Center

785-832-5097
1430 Haskell Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66046

Early Childhood Special Services - Developmental screens for ages 3-5 for vision, hearing, speech & motor development. Preschool for 4 year olds and Parents as Teachers (for children birth to age 
three).

East Lawrence Recreation Center

(785) 832-7950
1245 East 15th Street  
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Hours: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Mon – Thur)
8 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Fri)
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Sat)
1 - 6 p.m. (Sun)

Elara Caring

(785) 228-0400
901 NE River Road
Topeka, KS 66616

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Hospice is for anyone with a life-threatening or terminal illness and usually a prognosis of 6 months or less to live (depends on the insurance company); covered by Medicare, Medicaid and by many private insurance companies. Physician services; Specializes in Alzheimer and Dementia care; Intermittent skilled nursing visits; On-call nursing service is available around the clock, seven days a week; Helping patients and family members understand their Medicare benefits; Prescriptions and equipment for pain relief and symptom management related to the terminal diagnosis; Short-term inpatient care and respite care; Home Health Aide and homemaker services; Physical, occupational and speech-language therapy; Music therapy; Pet therapy; Chaplain services; Counseling; Bereavement; Medical social service

Haskell Indian Health Center

785-832-4819
2415 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence, KS 66046

Medical, Dental, Behavioral Health, Optometry, Pharmacy


Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8 am - 6 pm
Friday, 9 am - 6 pm

Health Care Access

785-841-5760
330 Maine St.
Lawrence, KS 66044

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info@healthcareaccess.org

Health care services at low cost, no fee for those who can't pay
Appointment preferred, but not required

 

Hours: Monday and Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday and Thursday, 8 am - 7:30 pm
Wednesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Healthwave

800-792-4884
TTY: 800-462-4292
P.O. Box 3599
Topeka, KS 66601
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Offers affordable, low-cost health insurance for the uninsured children of Kansas

Heartland Community Health Center

785-841-7297 
1 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 100
Lawrence, KS 66044
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Email:

info@heartlandhealth.org

Medical clinic, Counseling, Food Pantry, Financial Benevolence, 
Diabetes Care & Prevention, Wellness Program, smoking cessation 
program

Walk-in Clinic: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 9 - 10 am

Appointments: Monday, 10 am - 7 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 10 am - 4:30 pm (Closed 12 - 1:30 pm)
Friday, 10 - 11:30 am
New Patients $42, Others $28

Holcom Park Recreation Center

785-832-7940
2700 West 27th Street 
Lawrence, Kansas 66047

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Gym, weight room, locker/shower facilities, meeting room with
kitchenette, and game room

Facility Hours: 7 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Mon – Thur)
7 a.m. - 9 p.m. (Fri)
10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Sat)
1 - 6 p.m. (Sun)

Johnson County Community College Dental Clinic

913-469-3808
12345 College Boulevard  
Overland Park, KS 66210

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Dental cleaning, exams, x-rays, fee is $10, treats adults and children over

the age of 4.


Hours: Mon. and Wed., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the fall
Mon. through Thurs., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. in the spring 

Kansas Tick-Borne Disease Advocates, Inc 

785-248-3504
209 Glenview Drive, 
Lawrence, KS 66049

Email: KansasLymeFighters@yahoo.com

Connect people with tick borne diseases to resources

Kaw Valley Center (KVC Behavioral Health)

785-331-4200
1202 E. 23rd St., Ste. C
Lawrence, Kansas 66046

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Provides foster care, adoption, outpatient and inpatient behavioral health care.

Medical, education and social services to children and families.

Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department

Office (785) 843-3060
Clinic (785) 843-0721
WIC line (785) 856-5350 
200 Maine St. 
Lawrence, KS, 66044 

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Email: info@ldchealth.org

Clinic Hours: 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. and 1 - 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday, Tuesdays open at 9:30 a.m., Monday evening open until 8 p.m., Thursdays, 5-7 pm, vaccinations only

Immunizations, well child screenings, WIC nutritional program, assistance with finding a family doctor, free wellness exams and developmental evaluations for children ages 0 -5 without health insurance or children up to 8 who are first-time entrants into school, TB skin tests (not administered on Thursdays), STD testing and  treatment, counseling, education, Hepatitis A and B vaccinations for eligible clients, HIV counseilng, testing, education, Hepatitis C testing for at risk individuals, diagnosis and treatment of vaginal infections, testicular exams, health education and counseling, pregnancy tests, birth control options (pills, injection, condoms, diaphragms, sterilization referral)
Appts. necessary, except for immunizations. Charges a fee, but not turned away if one can't afford it

Lawrence Memorial Hospital

(785) 505-5000
325 Maine Street
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Medicare

800-633-4227
Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850

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Health insurance for people 65 years of age or older, people under 65 with 
certain disabilities, or anybody with end-stage renal disease (ESRD)

Midland Hospice Care         

785-842-3627
800-491-3691
319 Perry Street  
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Serves people dealing with any life-limiting illness; Provides care to people of
all ages regardless of an inability to pay.

Planned Parenthood

785-832-0281
2108 W. 27th Street, Suite J
Lawrence, KS 66046

National website >
Local website >

Provides sexual and reproductive health care, education, and information

Penn House

785-842-0440
1035 Pennsylvania Street  
Lawrence, KS 66044

Offers clothing, school supplies, assistance with food and utilities, 
emergency medical care and prescriptions, assistance with 
finding help from other agencies, eviction and cut-off assistance, 
and Christmas gift adoption programs

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm

Poison Control Center

800-332-6633

Call number if worried you or someone you know might have been poisoned

Recovery and Hope Network (RAHN)

785-856-1222
1009 New Hampshire Street, Suites C/D,
Lawrence, Kansas 66044

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Email: kendall@recoveryandhope.org

Provides servicse to people actively working on recovery from serious mental illness

in Douglas County, including peer-to-peer support, support groups, self-help groups,

teaches independent living skills, and addiction recovery groups

Hours: Mon-Fri, Noon-5 PM

Salvation Army

785-843-4188
946 New Hampshire             
Lawrence, KS 66044

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Free shelter, light supper provided. Coffee, doughnuts in the morning. Assistance

with certain prescription medications; rent and utility assistance; eye care

Trinity In-Home Care, Inc.

(785) 842-3159
2201 West 25th, Suite Q
Lawrence, KS 66047

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Provides in-home services, including companionship, mobility assistance, light
housekeeping, caregiver relief, bathing and grooming, grocery shopping, meal
preparation and assistance, childcare, medication reminders, overnight support,

and local transportation

Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic

1-800-547-8387
4821 Quail Crest Place
Lawrence, KS 66049
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Primary care, behavioral health, personal care, referrals, laboratory, prescriptions

 

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm (closed first Tuesday and Friday  each month)

Visiting Nurses Association

785-843-3738
200 Maine St, Suite C
Lawrence, KS 66044
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Primary care, behavioral health, personal care, referrals, laboratory, prescriptions

 

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm (closed first Tuesday and Friday  each month)

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