COVID-19 may be invincible, but it’s no match for Missouri’s Student Superheroes. A poster campaign reminds students they can use their own powers to defend against the virus in school and the community.
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A dramatic rise in rental property complaints shows that many Kansas City families believe the pandemic is confining them in dangerous living conditions. Calls have more than doubled with most problems arising in the 3rd City Council District.
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LIHEAP — the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program — can help many families that have watched past-due utility bills mount over the past several months.
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“It is our belief that every student in Kansas City deserves equal opportunity to learn and for this reason, SchoolSmartKC and partners have created the KC Schools Technology and Connectivity Access Fund.”
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Tip No. 4: Don’t ignore eviction lawsuits. Important advice from the Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom as renter protections lapse and landlords and renters are stressed in a pandemic-scarred economy.
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Missouri was one of three states that saw its number of confirmed cases of children with Covid-19 jump by more than 80% in late July, according to a national study, as the nation reported nearly 100,000 new cases among children over that span.
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The proceeds of the auction will go to the Missouri Family and Community Trust (FACT) which is supporting families that have been hurt by the Covid-19 pandemic as part of Child Support Awareness Month.
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As pandemic-cautious schools begin fall classes online, vulnerable families are grasping at the schools’ technology-dependent programming without safety nets that had barred utility shutoffs and landlord evictions.
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American Public Square will seek answers to questions surrounding both the physical and mental health risks and rewards of a return to the classroom in the time of COVID.
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“We are extremely concerned,” warn KC-area health directors, “that hospitalizations will continue to escalate in the coming weeks and months, and that the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 will lead to increasing ventilator use and deaths.”
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Our reckless summer with Covid-19 is proving all the warnings true. And now schools and their essential social infrastructure are toppling again under the weight of hundreds of new coronavirus cases every day just as districts were daring to launch meticulous, precarious reopening plans.
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Less than two weeks remain to the Aug. 4 Election Day when Missouri voters will be asked if they want to expand Medicaid to provide more health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income residents. Here is what is on the ballot.
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While voters statewide will decide the future of Medicaid expansion in Missouri Aug. 4, Hickman Mills voters will be making a $30 million decision on the future of their public schools.
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In the first six months of 2020, the economic situation for low-wage workers has precipitously worsened: in June the Department of Labor reported that over 34 million people were receiving or had applied for unemployment insurance.
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Vote411, an online voter guide by the League of Women Voters, wants you informed and ready to vote. The guide provides personalized ballot information on all races, plus balanced arguments on the referendum on Medicaid expansion.
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Missouri wants to help workers “Return Strong” from the setbacks of the Covid-19 pandemic. The state is hosting a pair of virtual job fairs to give workers a chance to meet employers, seek jobs and training opportunities.
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Ideas on reopening schools during COVID are churning at warp speed. Here’s one example, in the name of safe-spacing: How about overflow class space and after-school programs in church basements?
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“We’re in a desert.” Sand-colored shades in the middle of the latest map of Kansas City participation in the Census show tracts that remain below 50% — and even less than 30% in some — in the number of households that have filled out the 2020 count — putting millions of federal dollars at risk.
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Whether in the role of husband, father, mentor, volunteer, or photographer, Marvin Francois was always there. The one face you knew you’d see. The rock in so many people’s lives. Lost to senseless violence. But a messenger of peace.
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The word’s got to get out. The USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program supplies KC non-profits the chance to give away free 25-pound boxes of produce — and The Prospect, Kanbe’s Market and the Urban League want to deliver more into KC’s food deserts.
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