It doesn't matter how well — or not — you and your child managed Covid’s hard time. A common message is brewing. Children, however much they struggled with online learning, will be advanced with their peers into the next grade. Everyone will recover together. Schools’ plea: Just come back.
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For the fully vaccinated, the summer has opened wide to nearly all the activities we enjoyed before Covid-19. But for the many people in our Kansas City communities who remain unvaccinated, the Covid’s Delta variant brings an intensified threat that is putting Missouri at the top of the list for the rate of Covid deaths and hospitalizations.
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That first day was meant to open only a crack in the door to the vast numbers of debt-burdened Kansas City renters they knew were crowding on the other side. But word gets out. Just like that, the “soft launch” of LINC’s clinic with KC utility companies to help people apply for back-due utility bill assistance was swarmed.
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The Kansas City Public Schools took a stand against historical injustice and the school-to-prison pipeline when its board voted to end discretionary suspensions of elementary school children Wednesday night.
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Families with children in Missouri and across the nation by the hundreds of thousands fear for their rent, worry over their next meal and suffer depression and hopelessness, according to a newly released report on U.S. Census data by KIDS COUNT.
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Just like the entire vaccination mission itself, the send-off party for the Missouri National Guard was overwhelming. More than 100 people gathered on the Guard’s last day, June 15, to celebrate the work they did with a host of community partners to deliver more than 30,000 Covid-19 vaccines — most of them with LINC at the Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church’s community center, serving underserved and vulnerable neighborhoods of east Kansas City.
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There’s a serious side to summer after-school programs now. There’s increased attention to academic skills coming out of the pandemic. And an awareness of children’s social and emotional well-being after so much separation and so many families still hurting. But this is still summer. And LINC’s not going to let kids down now.
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I believe we all know who truly has to make this happen – and it’s not us. As a place-holder name, I’m calling for a new generation of “peace ambassadors.” But I expect that the young people who are going to lead us – tweens, teenagers and 20-somethings – will give this campaign their own name. Their own power.
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Terrell was tall and strong, a football player at Ruskin High School. He played basketball for LINC’s team at Symington, and was a drummer on LINC’s raucous drum line at Smith-Hale. “It’s disheartening, all this potential,” his LINC site coordinator said. “He touched so many people. We all were rooting for him.”
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This wasn’t like some of their past service in the Missouri National Guard, plucking flood-marooned families from their rooftops, or supporting police forces during civil unrest, or medical support on military convoys in Iraq. “Task Force Freedom” was a fight against Covid-19 right here, at home, and it was unforgettable.
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Fans of Kansas City’s local food community have a new way to find farms, markets, restaurants and retailers near them with a brand new tool, the Eat Local KC map.
Thousands of Kansas City-area renters can qualify for help with utility bills and rent. But you need to apply now. Millions of dollars are available through the Emergency Rent and Utility Assistance Program in program that is designed for renters only. Here’s how to apply.
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Startled squeals turned into laughter. Children looked delightedly into the faces of all their friends in a spontaneous glow. Everyone together. Finally. No more classroom splits by A days and B days.
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May is National Foster Care Month, and LINC joins the community of advocates and supporters who help the dedicated foster parents and who help children and youth achieve full and meaningful lives.
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Some $3.2 billion in federal funds is now up for grabs to help qualifying households with Internet bills or computer needs, and local agencies want to be sure Kansas City families are getting assistance. Here’s what you need to know.
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“Carry these memories and treasure this mission,” says the top command of the Missouri Air National Guard while visiting the Morning Star vaccination clinic. “You have given lives back — lives back.”
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Just as Gov. Mike Parson came to see the “model” in Missouri’s fight against Covid, the vaccination crusade at Morning Star’s Kansas City clinic announced its latest appeal: Now you can walk in and you can choose from any of the three available vaccines. “We know the vaccine works,” Parson said. “So we’ve got to make sure we get everybody to understand how important it is to get that vaccine to get back to somewhat of a normal life.”
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Everyone’s pretty much ready to let loose, right? Just in time comes a wave of learning adventures that promises to unleash the imaginations of children of all ages. Remake Learning Days is an innovative learning festival taking place May 1 -10.
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Ken Powell and David Disney are the new co-chairs of the Local Investment Commission (LINC)—a major Kansas City, Missouri, non-profit serving children, families, and neighborhoods in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties.
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Out-of-school-time programs are emerging from their virtual hibernation, summer programs are making ready and InPlay’s website can help parents who are eager to see their kids find more opportunities to play and learn.
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