The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture recently released a major evaluation of a summer food demonstration project for which LINC is one of a handful of selected demonstration sites. The federal demonstration project is exploring ways to address food insecurity among children during the summer months when school lunches are not available.
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Over 250 out of 300 T.B. Watkins residents on Aug. 1 celebrated another birthday party in honor of former resident L.P. She is the girl found locked in a closet in a T.B. Watkins apartment last year.
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Kansas City area school districts to reopen the week of Aug. 12, learn more about enrollment and first day information for the 2013-2014 school year.
A "community ground breaking" was held on July 30 for a new ALDI Food Mart which will be located at 39th and Prospect in Kansas City
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The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City (HCF) has selected Bridget McCandless, M.D., MBA, FACP, as its new president/CEO. McCandless starts duties Sept. 3 and succeeds founding President/CEO Steve Roling, who announced his retirement in December 2012.
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Over 100 attendees participate in free health screenings, safety information, entertainment and food at Melcher Elementary Caring Communities End of Summer Extravaganza July 25.
Melcher is one of LINC's 24 Caring Communities sites in the Kansas City Public Schools. The new school year starts in mid-August.
Summer is drawing to a close and students in the Kansas City area could be going back to school this summer with an advantage.
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The community continues to remember L.P. -- the young girl locked in a closet -- with birthday cards and remembrances.
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Belvidere Caring Communities host free summer health event for area residents.
Fee food, entertainment and health screenings at the Melcher Caring Communities End of Summer Extravaganza July 25.
The LINC Commission heard a presentation on opportunities and challenges of implementing key provisions of the Affordable Care Act in the Kansas City area at its July meeting.
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Funding for early childhood development providers is now available through Quality Outcomes for Children Professional Development Grants.
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A major regional health study was recently released by the Mid-America Regional Council that analyzes health and social conditions of uninsured and other vulnerable populations in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
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Hickman Mills and Independence schools to participate in Project Shine on July 13.
LINC summer program students in Grandview become filmmakers and get a look of how a movie theater operates.
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Pemberton Park, a Kansas City apartment complex for grandparents raising their grandchildren, was prominently featured in a recent article in The Economist.
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Dr. Terry Ward, assistant professor of public administration, is the new Associate Dean of the Hauptmann School at Park University.
The LINC Commission will meet on Wednesday, July 17, 4-6 pm, at the Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo. 64110. The main topic of the meeting is discussion about community health issues including a recent regional health assessment and also the Affordable Care Act and covering the uninsured.
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LINC will be hosting a job fair July 23 at Foreign Language Academy to employ workers in Kansas City Public Schools, Center, Hickman Mills and Grandview schools.
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The Kansas City Star featured a special summer reading program in a Kansas City apartment complex. The program, supported by the University of Missouri-Kansas City education department and LINC, is taking place at the Stoneate Meadows apartment complex in east Kansas City.
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