
Kansas City Public Schools celebrates academic improvement
The Kansas City Public Schools celebrated significant academic improvement on the state of Missouri standardized test scores which were released Aug. 23.
Read More ...The Kansas City Public Schools celebrated significant academic improvement on the state of Missouri standardized test scores which were released Aug. 23.
Read More ...If you are confused about the Affordable Care Act, Enrollment Day: A KCPT Healthcare Event will be an orientation for Kansans and Missourians entering the insurance marketplace.
Read More ...Mayor Sly James will announce Face Forward KC, a four-year, $1 million initiative to provide educational services, job training and placement services, mentoring services, and legal assistance to juvenile offenders and youth at risk of juvenile offenses in the City of Kansas City, MO in Jackson County.
Read More ...KPCT will air a special program on violence in Kansas City calling it a "public health crisis." The program Shots Fired: KCPT Takes Aim at Gun Violence will air Thursday, Aug. 17th at 7 pm and feature the work of Aim4Peace and local civic and law enforcement officials.
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Community Services League and LINC partnered to provide back-to-school supplies to over 400 children and families in the Fort Osage School District.
Read More ...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.
Read More ...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
Read More ...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.
Read More ...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.
Read More ...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.
Read More ...Funding for early childhood development providers is now available through Quality Outcomes for Children Professional Development Grants.
Read More ...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.
Read More ...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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