LINC In Photos 2019

We are happy to share LINC in Photos 2019 – a visual representation of LINC's impact and presence in the community.

KC council passes tenants bill of rights; trims tax incentives proposed for Waddell & Reed

UPDATE: Dec. 19, the council passes a trimmed-down incentives package for Waddell & Reed.

A tenants bill of rights sailed to overwhelming approval by the Kansas City City Council Dec. 12 as a full house of supporters — many of them renters with their own histories of housing struggles — cheered the fruits of their work. In a separate action, the City Council wants to take another look at tax incentives in a proposed move by Waddell & Reed that would impact the Kansas City Public Schools and charters.

Does your household qualify for a free phone? The Lifeline program is ready to help

America knows that a smart phone is essential to any household that hopes to thrive in today’s world. That’s why the publicly funded Lifeline program has been helping low-income families afford service — even get free smart phones. But too many people who would qualify for the help don’t know about it.

NEW DATE: KC planners want public's input in shaping Hickman Mills area vision

Would you like to help shape the future of Kansas City’s Hickman Mills area? Join city planners at a public meeting to give input on the Hickman Mills Area Plan update.

KCPS, Hickman Mills fall short of full accreditation targets

The Missouri state school board decided this week that the two area districts will remain among eight districts statewide under provisional accreditation. Both districts in recent years have reached overall scores in the state’s Annual Performance Report that qualified for full accreditation, but the state’s education commissioner and the state board say the districts need to sustain the scores two to three years in succession to come off of provisional status.

Turn the Page KC, LINC awarded $73,000 for new, inclusive books by nonprofit First Book

Turn the Page KC and LINC were chosen from among over 100 applicants to receive the award for books that will expand Turn the Page KC’s mission to mobilize the community to achieve reading proficiency at grade level or above for all third graders in Kansas City, Missouri.

LINC's data system innovations highlighted by Social Solutions

LINC’s partnership with the Steve Ballmer-backed Social Solutions data revolution is turning heads.

Social Solutions, an Austin-based software company serving nonprofit organizations, recently highlighted LINC’s “innovative ways” in leveraging data in a blog post. This was the kind of partnership that Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, imagined when the Ballmer Group with his wife, Connie, invested $59 million to support Social Solutions’ work.

LINC Commission meets Monday Nov. 18f

The LINC Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 18th from 4-6 pm at the Kauffman Foundation.

A major focus of the meeting is child welfare including presentations by FosterAdoptConnect and Drumm Farm Center for Children.

The public is invited to attend. Download the meeting booklet.

Interested in a health care degree? Grants through FEC can ease training costs in KC

HPOG grants, through the Missouri Healthcare Industry Training and Education program, provide eligible low-income individuals a chance to receive training for a career in the health care industry.

Happening now: KC wants your insight to set health priorities, spending

The Kansas City Health Commission wants to know about your quality of life. The commission is using an online survey to gather citywide opinions on what you need to live a healthy, productive life. The survey will inform the mayor and city council about how well our communities take care of us, and what needs to be improved.

KC community rallies with volunteer caregivers to seek improvements in health care system

“Without these people our healthcare system would collapse,” said Jim Nunnelly, organizer of the “community thank-you” event for volunteer caregivers Nov. 2 in Kansas City. The caregivers were greeted by city leaders and then went to work helping an effort to improve our healthcare system.

Commission selects two KCPS schools to tell 'a new history' of the African American experience

John T. Hartman Elementary and African-Centered College Preparatory Academy students and staff were chosen to help gather and share a new history in understanding the complex, 400-year history of African Americans in North America. The schools will be Institutional Ambassadors to the National Park Service’s 400 Years of African American History Commission.

American Public Square tackles affordable housing: Making the numbers work

American Public Square waded into the social dynamics and economics around Kansas City’s pressing needs for affordable housing in an October forum at William Jewell College.

LINC commissioner, partners named among the 50 most powerful people in KC area

Faces deeply familiar to LINC appeared in the pantheon of influential leaders when 435 Magazine recently profiled its choices of the 50 most powerful people in the Kansas City right now.

LINC's Yolanda Robinson to be honored for community service

The National Congress of Black Women is honoring LINC’s Yolanda Robinson as one of five African-American women who will be honored at its Kansas City Black Tie gala under the theme “Reaching Milestones: Empowering One Woman at A Time.”

In the face of winter: KC rally for Tenants' Bill of Rights descends on City Hall

The advocacy group KC Tenants gathered frustrated renters in a biting cold wind to the steps of City Hall Oct. 30 to call on the City Council to pass a Tenants’ Bill of Rights.

Mayor Lucas to join KC Public Library panel on affordable housing

Nearly two years after the Kansas City Public Library and KCPT-Kansas City PBS launched an examination of affordable housing in the city, what has changed? For the better? For worse? Mayor Quinton Lucas, who campaigned on the issue, joins a panel discussion and assessment of where the city now stands—as well as where it might be headed.

LINC In Photos 2019

KC council passes tenants bill of rights; trims tax incentives proposed for Waddell & Reed

Does your household qualify for a free phone? The Lifeline program is ready to help

NEW DATE: KC planners want public's input in shaping Hickman Mills area vision

KCPS, Hickman Mills fall short of full accreditation targets

Turn the Page KC, LINC awarded $73,000 for new, inclusive books by nonprofit First Book

LINC Commission meets Monday Nov. 18f

Happening now: KC wants your insight to set health priorities, spending

KC community rallies with volunteer caregivers to seek improvements in health care system

Commission selects two KCPS schools to tell 'a new history' of the African American experience

American Public Square tackles affordable housing: Making the numbers work

LINC commissioner, partners named among the 50 most powerful people in KC area

LINC's Yolanda Robinson to be honored for community service

In the face of winter: KC rally for Tenants' Bill of Rights descends on City Hall

Mayor Lucas to join KC Public Library panel on affordable housing

FAST graduation day celebrates new wisdom, shared anxieties, mutual joys — and friendship

Rosemary Smith Lowe and Lee Bohannon honored for social activism

'Lights On Afterschool' celebrates LINC's daily mission: Empowering children, families, communities