About

Pharmacy of Grace:

Meeting the Need

  • One in ten people in the Kansas City metro area are uninsured and as many as 40-percent are underinsured, making simple maintenance or even life-saving medications unaffordable.
  • Pharmacy of Grace offers the Grace Meds program with deeply discounted prices for patients (children, families, individuals) living at or below 300% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). More than half of our patients are below 100% FPL. For a single individual, this means an annual income of no more than $15,060; or for a family of four, an income of no more than $31,200.
  • Pharmacy of Grace provides comprehensive pharmacy services to patients providing continuity of care for serious medical conditions. We focus on making sure patients can afford their medication every month, not just on a short term basis.
  • The most recent Health Equity Action Transformation (HEAT) report showed:
    • 30-40% uninsured population in service area near the pharmacy
    • High rate of emergency department visits to Children’s Mercy Hospital
    • High rate of emergency department visits and readmissions to University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (J Am Pharm Assoc. 2015; 55:59–66. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2015.1401:
    • Charitable Pharmacy model used in study reduced emergency room services or hospitalizations from a mean of 2.36 visits to 1.33 per year
    • Study showed 71% of patients reported that they had increased access to health care providers including physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists
    • Study reported prescription access increased from 41% to 85%

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Be our advocate:

Share our story with colleagues and friends. Introduce us to business and civic groups. Share our news and sign up for our newsletter.

Become a patient:

Fill your prescriptions with us to generate revenue, which pays it forward to help others.

Donate:

Make a one-time or monthly recurring donation. Gifts of all sizes are greatly appreciated.

Vision, Mission, and Purpose

Our Vision is for all people, regardless of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability or sexual orientation, to have affordable and sustainable access to prescription medications and pharmacy services that optimize health in our community.  Most of all, we will provide hope, often at very dark times.

The Purpose of Pharmacy of Grace, Inc. is to break the cycle of homelessness, poverty, school absentee days, and unemployment caused by unmanaged medical conditions. Many chronic medical conditions (such as hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, asthma, COPD, bi-polar, and migraines) often go unmanaged, which eventually can cause people to seek costly medical care and possible emergency hospitalization.

The Mission of Pharmacy of Grace is to improve access to prescription medication for uninsured and underinsured individuals and to increase the number of prescription medications available to vulnerable populations in Kansas.

Kansas City, Kansas Location

Kansas City, Kansas721 N. 31st St. #100 Kansas City, KS 66102

  • Only standalone charitable pharmacy in Kansas
  • Full-service pharmacy open to anyone
  • Fully insured patients help support our mission
  • Grace Meds program for uninsured/underinsured patients who qualify (300% or below the federal poverty level)

Shawnee Presence

Shawnee

Pharmacy of Grace announced delivery into Johnson County in March 2023. As part of our partnership with Mercy & Truth Healthcare Ministry, we deliver medications and counsel patients at the Shawnee clinic location.