"Helping strategies, if indeed they are to be ultimately helpful, demand careful examination of long-term implications. There is no guarantee that unexamined charity will have a redemptive outcome simply because it ‘seems right’ or feels good to the giver."
- Robert D. Lupton, Charity Detox
Why Getting Around Matters: Transportation and Opportunity in Our Neighborhood
Getting to work, school, or the doctor sounds simple. But for many families in Southeast Topeka, it is not simple at all. If you do not have a reliable way […]
Manufacturing Jobs Are Changing. Here’s How SENT Is Helping Neighbors Get Ready.
Factories across the country need workers. Good jobs are opening up right here in Topeka too. But most young people are not lining up to take them. SENT wants to […]
SENT Inc. Newsletter: Rooted and Rising: Stories of Transformation from Southeast Topeka
Dear Friends, Some stories don’t follow a straight line — and that is exactly what makes them worth telling. When a young woman first connected with Campus Connections, it was […]
PRESS RELEASE: SENT Inc. Announces Operational Pause of Express Care Services at the Southside Wellness Clinic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Aimee Copp-Hasty Senior Director of Development SENT Inc. acopp-hasty@senttopeka.com (785) 342-7232 TOPEKA, KS (August 2026) — Effective Friday, August 14, 2026, SENT Inc. will […]
The SENT Neighbor Advocacy team sat down with her and looked at the full picture.
She came through our doors in tears — and she had every reason to be. A single mother of four, she works as a para-educator in a local school district […]
This is what Neighbor Advocacy looks like on the ground.
A single mother and her 17-year-old son — a student-athlete heading into his senior year — had already been through more than their share of instability. After being forced into […]
This is what Campus Connections is built to be.
Some stories don’t follow a straight line — and that is exactly what makes them worth telling. When a young woman first connected with Campus Connections, it was through a […]
When You Invest in a Student, You Invest in a Family.
How Campus Connections Wraps Support Around Young People, and the Families Who Love Them Every school day, there is a window of time that research calls one of the […]
SENT Inc. Newsletter Grief, Recovery, and the Power of Wraparound Support
Access the full newsletter here. Sign up to receive the monthly newsletter here. Dear Friends, At SENT Inc., we often talk about “wraparound support.” But what does that actually mean? […]
Housing Is Not the Finish Line. It Is the Foundation.
SENT is a holistic community development nonprofit based in the southeast Topeka neighborhood of Hi-Crest. We like to say we are person-centered and data-driven. We have dynamic programming on a […]
SENT, Cairn Health partner to meet clients’ needs | WIBW
Access the full feature here. By Melissa Brunner Published: Jun. 25, 2026 at 5:40 PM CDT|Updated: 21 hours ago TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A new partnership is helping a southeast Topeka health clinic […]
PRESS RELEASE: SENT Inc. Launches a New Partnership with Cairn Health to Provide Prescription Assistance, Diabetic Supplies, and Vision Care through the Southside Wellness Clinic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: SENT Inc. Aimee Copp-Hasty, Senior Director of Development 📧 acopp-hasty@senttopeka.com | 📞 785-342-7232 🌐 www.senttopeka.com SENT Inc. partners with Cairn Health to improve health outcomes […]
When the Cost of Getting Well Exceeds the Cost of Staying Sick
For many families, the decision to see a doctor is no longer based solely on health—it is based on what they can afford. Rising medical costs, higher insurance premiums, prescription […]
Recovery Is Not a Straight Line. But It Is Possible.
How SENT Inc.’s Substance Use Disorder Recovery Services Are Meeting People Where They Are — and Walking With Them Toward What’s Next There is a moment, for many people struggling […]
SENT Inc. Newsletter: When Rules Ignore Real Life, Families Get Hurt
Read the full newsletter here. Sign up to receive the newsletter here. Losing health coverage does not just affect one doctor visit. It often means people wait longer to get […]
A Job Is a Start. A Career Is a Future.
Training alone is not enough. People need training plus support. That is what a wraparound model means. Here is something most people get wrong about Southeast Topeka. They think the […]
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