Covid vaccinations for children 5 to 11 now available. Here's how to get them.

With holidays coming and the promise of family gatherings and parties, Covid-19 vaccinations are now approved to help protect children ages 5 to 11 and their families from getting and spreading the virus. Here’s where to get them.

Gift of stocking hats delights LINC children

Winter is on the way, and a LINC volunteer knitted stocking hats for children that were richly colored and soft as plush teddy bears.

Early childhood makeovers: LINC helps preschools re-imagine programs that build lives

The free, state-funded training aims “to level the playing field” in preparing all children for kindergarten, said Lauren Walls, the director of LINC’s team. Preschool teachers learn the power and magic of relationship-based care.

LINC's Girls on the Run, Let Me Run boys and their fans celebrate 5K triumphs

Talk about your perfect days. Girls on the Run and the Let Me Run boys program set out in gorgeous fall weather for their big 5K runs Saturday, and we’ve got photos.

'New moments. New memories.' Lights On Afterschool helps turn the page

With grace and hard-won joy, the annual Lights On Afterschool events returned with their resilient communities in celebration of the power of community schools .

Watch us dance! Lights On Afterschool hits the big time

If our Lights On Afterschool festivities were Times Square on New Year’s Eve, the ball has dropped. The cats are out of the bag. The book tour has finished to rave reviews. It’s been quite a show.

Lights On Afterschool gathering steam; take a peek at the fun

In just a sampling of the shows going on in LINC’s Caring Communities (there’s more to come), we’ve seen Mad Science, pizza parties, dancing grandmas and other creative costumes, raucous fitness fun as well as some joy of reading.

Feeling special: LINC gives books to kids for Lights On Afterschool

LINC prepares again to give away high-quality, inclusive children’s books as part of the annual Lights On Afterschool celebrations. “I love new books,” says LINC’s Edina von Hofman. “They give you a sense of feeling special.”

'You see me smiling?' LINC beats barriers plaguing utility bill assistance

Technological and bureaucratic knots have jammed access to billions of dollars of federal aid for rent and utility bill assistance. But hundreds of Kansas City renters got a tip that changed everything: Go to Morning Star.

Roll on up! LINC's Lights On Afterschool events bringing October fun

Pizza parties, Mad Science, bountiful home-grown meals, give-away books, cupcakes and some whip and nae-nae fitness dancing . . . LINC’s Lights On Afterschool is under way with many more community events to come during the week of Oct. 25–30.

LINC Commissioner Gorman honored with Doniphan Community Service Award

Anita B. Gorman, one of LINC’s founding commissioners and a champion for beautiful cities, community service and nature conservation is the 2021 recipient of the Alexander W. Doniphan Community Service Award.

School closings? Program choices? KCPS asking its community, "How far do we go?"

Kansas City Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell is calling on everyone with a stake in the city’s future to join in a week of public forums to help answering the over-arching question: “How do we come out on the right side of history?”

Fear not: Youth health ambassadors steel their courage to save lives

Look out, because one of the purposeful effects of ArtsTech’s Youth Health Ambassador’s training in Kansas City is the fire it’s lighting in its graduates like Ruskin High School students Jayleona Mayfield and Shymerra Butler.

Apply for one-time summer P-EBT food card benefit by Oct. 10

Families with children who qualified for free or reduced-price school meals in the last school year can also receive a one-time $375 benefit per child through the summer Pandemic-EBT card program. The deadline for making application is Oct. 10.

Kansas City Black History book project wins statewide award for excellence

A 12-year project of gathering the stories of influential Black men and women in Kansas City’s history has won a state wide award for excellence.

School lunchrooms' grim tale: This is the crisis that Covid built

A food service crisis up and down the supply chain has districts scrambling after new resources and paring down menu options to meet the critical task of feeding students. “School is the only place where some of our kids get a hot meal.”

Cleaver: KC now a model in nationwide struggle to provide rent and utility assistance

In a quick trip home from Washington, D.C.’s wars Saturday, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II stepped into the nest of Kansas City’s most vexing struggle. “Lack of adequate housing,” Cleaver said, “is the No. 1 issue right now in the United States. No question about it. This is it.”

LINC helps parents bring media attention to dangerous traffic at King Elementary

Parents and neighbors at Martin Luther King Elementary School — with LINC’s help — say they are just getting started in trying to protect their children from the dangerous traffic that rushes by their school.

Watch: LINC drum line celebrates state bicentennial with FACT, Clydesdales, Gov. Parson and crowds

What a coming out party. LINC’s drum line and drill team from Smith-Hale Middle School in Hickman Mills broke out its blue and silver, joining the Family and Community Trust and the nearly 100 attractions with Gov. Mike Parson under Saturday’s brilliant sun, marching in Missouri’s Bicentennial Parade.

Spread the word: Kansas City opens clinic to speed pandemic aid for rental and utility bill assistance

The city wants everyone’s help in spreading the word to get more households to apply. “We need to get the message out that you are not alone,” 3rd District City Councilwoman Melissa Robinson said. “A lot of people are in this situation for the very first time.”