On The Paseo near Admiral Boulevard, The Beehive’s doors are open for doctor visits and dental checkups.
Takeaways
- Late last year, the Kansas City Health Department issued a request for supplier qualifications for health care providers who treat the city’s poorest residents. Officials said they wanted to find out if millions of dollars from the city’s health levy were being spent appropriately.
- After objections from providers currently receiving health levy funds, the City Council paused the process. It is expected to restart soon.
- Some providers say they deserve a share of the taxpayer dollars, but there may not be enough to meet all the needs.
Care Beyond the Boulevard, which began a decade ago as a mobile health provider for Kansas City’s unhoused residents, has expanded to include this brick-and-mortar clinic where people can come for free health care and other services.
Between the care provided at The Beehive, its street medicine work and a new respite care facility not yet fully operational, Care Beyond the Boulevard served more than 3,400 patients through about 17,000 encounters in 2025.
“That’s not small potatoes,” said Jaynell “KK” Assmann, the organization’s founder and CEO. “That’s big.”…