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Porchlight
Start hereNew placementThe ClosetRespite nightsThinking of fosteringWrap a familyWho we are
Request a placement bag

1127 Central Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102

Porchlight
Porchlight
Start hereNew placementThe ClosetRespite nightsThinking of fosteringWrap a familyWho we are

1127 Central Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102

(555) 017-4410

porch@example.org

Request a placement bag

The Closet

Clothes, car seats and cribs. Take what fits.

A basement full of clothes from newborn to adult XL, sorted by size, plus the big things a sudden placement needs. Free for foster and kinship families, no limit and no paperwork beyond a first name.

Three smiling volunteers at a donation table

Hours

When The Closet is open

Downstairs at 1127 Central Ave. Use the side door with the yellow light.

When The Closet is open
MondayToday4:00 PM – 7:00 PMAfter-school shopping
TuesdayTodayClosed
WednesdayToday10:00 AM – 2:00 PMCar seats fitted on Wednesdays
ThursdayTodayClosed
FridayTodayClosed
SaturdayToday9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
SundayTodayClosed

Holiday hours

  • Thu, Nov 26Thanksgiving Closed. Open Wednesday until 6 PM instead.
  • Sat, Dec 19Christmas shop Open 9 AM – 3 PM with new toys and a gift-wrapping table.

Placement after hours and nothing fits? Call (555) 017-4410 and we'll open up for you.

Donate

What The Closet is short of

Check off what you can bring and copy your list. Counts update every Monday.

Updated Monday, Oct 5

Teens2

Babies2

Night-time2

Not on the list, but call us. Someone may need it this week.

0 items on your list

Side door on Central Ave, under the yellow light

Drop-off

Side door on Central Ave, under the yellow light

  • Monday4:00 – 7:00 PM
  • Wed & SatDuring Closet hours

Ring the bell and a volunteer will help you carry it down.

Directions
Central AveN 12th StKansas RiverPorchlight Foster NetworkN↑400 ft

Find us

On Central Avenue, by the laundromat

1127 Central Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102
Get directions
Parking
Free lot behind the building. Two spaces by the side door are kept for loading car seats and cribs.
Transit
RideKC buses stop on Central Ave half a block west.
Access
The Closet is downstairs. Call ahead and we'll bring sizes up to the ground-floor room.
Porchlight

Foster and kinship families in Wyandotte County shouldn't have to do this alone. We bring the bag, the supper and the night off.

Pages

  • Start here
  • New placement
  • The Closet
  • Respite nights
  • Thinking of fostering
  • Wrap a family
  • Who we are

The porch

  • 1127 Central Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102
  • (555) 017-4410
  • porch@example.org
  • Placement line: 7 AM – 11 PM daily
  • The Closet: Mon 4–7 · Wed 10–2 · Sat 9–12
  • Respite: second Friday, 5:30–9:30 PM
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Design notes

Why Porchlight Foster Network looks the way it does

Porchlight's visitors arrive in three very different states: a foster parent who got a call at 9 PM, someone wondering whether they could ever foster, and a neighbor who wants to help. The site gives each of them a door on the first screen and keeps the urgent one, the placement bag, one tap away everywhere.

Built for
Licensed foster parents, kinship caregivers (often grandparents), caseworkers, and neighbors in Wyandotte County who want to help.
Navigation
Left sidebar. A fixed column holds the name, every page and the address, so nothing is ever more than one click away on desktop.
Pages
Start here, New placement, The Closet, Respite nights, Thinking of fostering, Wrap a family, Who we are
Hero
a short action form as the hero: the one thing most visitors came to do (request a ride, ask for help, register a child) can be done before they scroll, with reassurance beside it. Variants: a = headline, reassurance and a photo on the left with the form as a raised card on the right; b = a tall photo carrying the headline, with the form and reassurance on a plain panel beside it; c = headline beside a photo, then the form laid out as one horizontal booking bar; Three doors instead of one headline: visitors pick the path that fits them (for example New here, Need help, Want to help)

Typography

Headlines are Onest, a soft grotesque with open, rounded letters that feel kind without becoming childish. Body text is Literata, a serif made for reading on screens, so the longer pages read like a letter from someone who has done this before. The pairing keeps the tone warm for tired people reading on a phone late at night.

Color

The palette is a porch at dusk: a front-door indigo as the brand and the amber of a bulb left on as the accent. In the dark theme the two swap roles, so the amber becomes the main color and the page reads like a porch light at night. Neutrals lean slightly blue to keep the light theme cool and calm.

Layout and navigation

A fixed left sidebar holds every page, the placement-bag button and the address, so a foster parent mid-crisis never has to hunt for the menu. Page names are the things people actually say: New placement, The Closet, Respite nights. On phones the sidebar folds into a simple top bar.

The hero

The home page opens with three doors: I'm fostering or caring for family, I'm thinking about fostering, and I want to help. Each audience needs something different first, and a single headline would have served only one of them.

Calls to action

The main action is Request a placement bag, because the hours after a new placement are when families most need help and least have time to look for it. Other actions say exactly what you get: Book a respite night, Come to an info night, Join a wrap team.

Photography

Photos show ordinary home moments between adults and children: shoulder rides, drawing, holding hands. We avoided sad-child imagery and anything that could identify a child in care; in a real build, photos of children in care should always be staged with models or shot from behind.

Accessibility

Body text is 18px with generous line height, and every text pairing passes WCAG AA in both themes. Forms ask only what is needed, mark optional fields in words, and the placement form works with autofill so it can be done one-handed holding a toddler.

Type system

  • DisplayOnestOnest is a round-shouldered grotesque with open counters and a friendly, slightly handwritten rhythm in its lowercase; it reads as kind without going childish.
  • TextLiterataLiterata was drawn for long reading on screens. A bookish serif under a soft sans gives the site the voice of a neighbor writing a note, which suits people reading at midnight after a placement call.

Colour and contrast

Every text pairing is checked against WCAG 2.2 in both themes.

Light theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa14.71:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa16.31:1AAA
Secondary textAa5.73:1AA
LinksAa9.47:1AAA
Button textAa10.5:1AAA
Accent label textAa9.03:1AAA
Text on dark bandsAa14.71:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa7.8:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa10.5:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa6.69:1AA

Dark theme

PairingSampleRatioWCAG
Body text on pageAa15.64:1AAA
Body text on cardsAa14.04:1AAA
Secondary textAa6.95:1AA
LinksAa10.26:1AAA
Button textAa10.69:1AAA
Accent label textAa9.65:1AAA
Text on dark bandsAa16.71:1AAA
Muted text on dark bandsAa8.37:1AAA
Text on brand bandsAa10.69:1AAA
Muted text on brand bandsAa6.12:1AA

Designed by Greater Purpose Web. Names, people and events are sample content.