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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.
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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.
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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.
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Two community crusaders very well known to LINC will be honored Sunday as part of Kansas City’s tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King. Tara Raghuveer, who has become a champion of tenants’ rights, and long-time community activist Jim Nunnelly will receive the 2021 Evelyn Wasserstrom Awards at Kansas City’s annual MLK Jr Interfaith Service.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Laura Shultz, the executive director of Harmony Project KC, was named this week as an honoree in the Missouri Arts Council’s Missouri Arts Awards for 2021, regarded as “the state’s highest honor in the arts,”
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The mother’s needs came tumbling out like the insides of a dumped suitcase. This was going to take some doing — finding temporary storage, relief from utility bill debt in the thousands of dollars, and fulfilling her child’s prayer that her family would get a new home by her birthday.
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With information on testing, tracking, links to data dashboards and an interactive guide to safe activities, the Comeback KC website is serving as a guide through and out of the Covid-19 wilderness.
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Two truths from a virtual summit on KC’s help services: The strain on families — many of whom are experiencing severe need for the first time — has become overwhelming. But a rising wave of financial help and services is just as strong.
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More than 2.3 million homeowners were 90 days or more past due on their mortgages in September. Through CARES Act funding, Legal Aid of Western Missouri can provide foreclosure prevention services to eligible Jackson County residents.
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Good, high-speed internet access is more important now than ever for work, school, or just to stay in touch with friends and family, but it can be hard to fit in your budget. The Internet Access Support Program can help.
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