Just as Gov. Mike Parson came to see the “model” in Missouri’s fight against Covid, the vaccination crusade at Morning Star’s Kansas City clinic announced its latest appeal: Now you can walk in and you can choose from any of the three available vaccines. “We know the vaccine works,” Parson said. “So we’ve got to make sure we get everybody to understand how important it is to get that vaccine to get back to somewhat of a normal life.”
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U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt looked across the room in a community center at 27th and Prospect, watching Covid-19 vaccinations in progress, seeing confidence and hope where there might not have been so much before. “People are changing their minds,” the senator said about vaccinations. And Morning Star and LINC are leading the way.
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Federal aid is now available by application for renters who have suffered financial losses during the pandemic. Here are the links to request federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds in the Kansas City area.
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They were restaurant workers, community organizers, neighbors. . . . They came to get their Covid-19 vaccination — certainly because they wanted to protect themselves and others — but also with a sense of obligation to put their faces out front against fear and doubt.
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The Morning Star–LINC vaccine and food distribution only continues to grow, the Rev. John Modest Miles told Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. “There is no ending in sight as long as the people keep coming. And as you can see now, the people are coming.”
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The 2021 KIDS COUNT data book has arrived like a sentry ahead of a more dire and mysterious report still to come. That’s because the extensive accounting on the well-being of Missouri’s children compiled data gathered through 2019 — just before the pandemic changed everything.
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The road to financial independence can lead many ways, and LINC’s partnership with the Full Employment Council in Kansas City has been one of the state’s most effective efforts to help families in need find their way, says FEC President Clyde McQueen.
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More financial aid is coming for many people who are struggling to pay utility bills, the Evergy electric utility in Kansas City announced. Evergy is urging customers in financial stress to go to the utility’s Financial Help page where it links to resources for customers who are either already behind on paying bills or struggling to pay bills.
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Their districts’ neighborhoods are hard-hit by Covid, but “here we have an opportunity to do something about it,” said KCPS Superintendent Mark Bedell as he was vaccinated. “I’m doing my part to keep everyone safe,” said Center Superintendent Yolanda Cargile.
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The first vaccination strategy: Sign up. Sign up. Sign up. While there will be other opportunities to get a Covid-19 shot, many of the mass vaccination events under way or planned in Kansas City are by appointment only. And officials are filling them by calling people enrolled on state and local registries. So sign up. And it’s OK to put your name on more than one list that applies to you.
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Some 6,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine are coming to Arrowhead Stadium as a Mega Vaccination Site March 19 and 20. Sign up now on the online Jackson County and Missouri vaccine survey lists to get in line for a vaccine. Anyone without Internet access can get help signing in by calling 3-1-1.
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“You can help put thousands of dollars back into the hands of families that need it the most.” Kansas City’s free income tax assistance and filing program needs more volunteers.
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The Hickman Mills Family Summit went virtual with success. And the best part: It’s still there, online, ready to serve any family looking for help or ideas from dozens of community resources, and job opportunities, and school pages.
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The letter in June that told Lazanay Wandick the government was cutting off her pandemic unemployment benefits was not even the worst of the news. Far from it. See how the “Justice in the Schools” program aided her and other Hickman Mills families.
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Covid-19 cases are in rapid decline. Vaccines are coming. Reports from the CDC of low transmission in safe schools are encouraging . . . More children are coming back into school buildings, and LINC is ready.
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Missouri teachers, child care workers and other residents grouped in Tier 3 of the state’s priority ranking will be able to get Covid-19 vaccinations beginning March 15, Gov. Mike Parson announced today (Feb. 25).
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Don’t worry. Things you love about the Hickman Mills Family Summit will be right there at your finger tips as the show goes on virtually March 6. Including the wealth of prizes.
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A joint campaign to take Covid-19 vaccines to underserved and vulnerable populations is targeting several LINC neighborhoods. Step one: sign up online with the Kansas City Health Department or call 3-1-1.
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t’s been a long road. That’s for sure. But continued declines in Covid-19 cases plus more aggressive advice from the Centers for Disease Control are opening the doors for Kansas City Public Schools, Hickman Mills and Center to bring students back into in-person classrooms in the weeks ahead. And other districts hope to bring more students into already-open buildings.
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With severe cold temperatures weighing on future energy bills, Missouri is boosting the assistance available to qualifying households through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
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