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Project ElderCool provides free air conditioners to individuals throughout the Kansas City metro area who are elderly or have a heart condition or a respiratory disability. We will deliver and install your air conditioner in a timely manner in order to help you stay cool and safe. This program runs approximately from June to August.

To be eligible, seniors must:

• Be 63 years or older
• Have no air conditioner in the home
• Live under 185% of the federal poverty guidelines
• Have not received an air conditioner from Bishop Sullivan Center within the past three years

To be eligible, those with a heart condition or respiratory disability must:

• Have a heart, respiratory, or other qualifying condition that is worsened by exposure to heat
• Have no air conditioner in the home
• Live under 185% of the poverty guidelines
• Have not received an air conditioner from Bishop Sullivan Center within the past three years

If you meet these eligibility requirements, please call 816-231-0984 to apply over the phone or click the Apply button at the right for air conditioning relief.

If you do not find the service you are looking for, please call United Way at 2-1-1 for a referral to another organization.