Morning Star Baptist, LINC take Covid-19 vaccines to the people

Because “Covid-19 is so serious in our community,” Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church and LINC work with the state and the National Guard to bring vaccinations to one of Kansas City’s most vulnerable neighborhoods.

Sign up: LINC's virtual chess tournament open now for children and adults

There is a spot for everyone at LINC’s virtual chess tournament March 6. Sign up is under way for age divisions that go from kindergarten through the 12th grade, and also an adult division.

Vaccines and how to beat Covid: 'The answer is in us'

In the campaign for Covid vaccinations, “The answer is in us,” Jim Nunnelly says. “We have assumed Black people don’t know anything — don’t want to do anything . . . and that is so untrue. There is great capacity in our community. Great capacity.”

Here's how to file your taxes for free, with help and Covid-safe

“My Free Taxes KC” is back, ready to help the thousands of Kansas Citians who can file their taxes for free. This time around, the fleet of volunteer tax preparers will be working from home virtually or at various drop-off sites to be safe during the pandemic, but helping people get their 2020 taxes in and their refunds back all the same.

Watch: Renters rights and responsibilities; tips from Legal Aid, Hickman Mills' Justice in Schools

Legal Aid of Western Missouri attorneys offer important tips about eviction moratoriums, rent payment plans, safety inspection programs and tenant rights in this LINC video.

$30 million for rent relief coming; here's how to apply

Help is on the way in Kansas City’s struggle against a feared “eviction tsunami.” Area relief agencies will soon have access to more than $30 million in additional Covid-19 federal relief dollars to help pay back rent for households suffering losses because of the pandemic. Here’s how to apply.

'What can I do?'; LINC rushes to aid families in devastating apartment fire

The overnight news footage, just days after Christmas, swept like the fire itself through LINC’s communities. A devastating fire had fully engulfed one of the large residences at the Waldo Heights Apartments in south Kansas City. Families needed help and LINC was ready.

Dealt a hard hand: Here's how First Call, LINCWorks are lifting up families in crisis

First, breathe. This is where the training began in First Call’s recent work with LINCWorks case manager-life coaches. The advice goes both to a parent anxious over the welfare of their hungry child, or the case manager anxious over how to help them rise. You have to connect yourself to life’s oxygen mask.

City glows in amber to remember Covid victims — and urge vaccinations

A national ceremony at the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., will precede community ceremonies across the country as the nation measures the lives of so many lost, including thousands of frontline workers who saved lives.

Covid-19 vaccination enters Phase 1B: for emergency workers, seniors, at-risk populations

Those who work to keep our communities safe are next up for Covid-19 vaccinations in Missouri. And anyone over 65 or who is at risk because of other illnesses or conditions will be able to seek their first shots next week.

Love adds up: Four days, a thousand families, 78,998 pounds of food

At times the wind came whipping cold. Other times a chilling drizzle coated the workers’ parkas and vests. But a partnership between Church of the Resurrection and LINC to deliver meals and other support to Kansas City families carried on regardless of sunshine or winter gloom because the needs of the people lining up in their cars did not change with the weather.

Covid-19 vaccinations are coming; Here's how to get in line

The coronavirus cruelly spread heavier doses of pain over under-served communities already suffering from inequities in health care and social opportunity. The vaccines and their promise of recovery can’t leave these same communities behind.

Watch: Free legal aid available for many Center, Marlborough families and others

Free legal services can help many families with eviction defense, consumer protection, small business needs and more. LINC hosted a virtual seminar introducing Legal Aid’s Adopt-a-Neighborhood Program to families in the Center Elementary and Marlborough neighborhoods.

Church of the Resurrection, LINC join in holiday food distributions

Kansas City parent Tiffany Relves was in a state of mind of feeling “like there is no hope” when she got word of one of the Church of the Resurrection’s food drives with LINC. “We have been going through some very hard times this past year. This means everything to my family. This has truly been a blessing to me and my children’s life.”

Watch: LINC reinforcements help U.S. Marines in 'Toys for Tots' overload

There was a problem. The days to Christmas were counting down. It looked like a mountainous proportion of the some 40,000 toys the Kansas City Marines’ Toys for Tots collect each year was still piled on the vast floor. LINC’s Carl Wade asked: Do you need volunteers?

Missouri families' pandemic pain demands urgent response, new study says

Thousands of Missouri children are not getting enough to eat, a new nationwide study shows. Thousands live in fear of eviction. Many have no health insurance. And all across the state a mental health emergency is growing.

Ready to serve joy: LINC embraces Toys for Tots mission

The U-Haul truck is reserved and LINC’s Carl Wade is standing by, awaiting orders from the U.S. Marines. The mission: Help the Corps deliver the gifts of the Marine Toys for Tots program to families in LINC’s Caring Communities.

KCPS to legislature: Pay teachers, help the underserved, be equitable

Kansas City Public Schools is determined to do its part to “re-imagine and rebuild” a district ready to emerge from Covid, its leaders said. But Jefferson City needs to help. “We have political road bumps we are going to have to get over.”

Calling all KC hands to rescue education system 'on verge of collapse'

The “frightening” expanse of unenrolled or disengaged children across the Kansas City area can be rounded into large numbers — or bared one-by-one. An enrollment and drop-out task force is issuing a call to educators, business leaders, policy makers and anyone else who wants to join in the work.

Giving Grove premiers film in celebration of 2020's challenging harvest

The end-of-the-year celebration of the Giving Grove’s harvest went virtual. All were invited to join in an online, YouTube event to watch the premier of a celebratory short film and share reactions to the past year that is now posted online.