News & Issues
Kansas City CARE Clinic Receives Federal Designation
A nonprofit health care opened in the 1970s by a group of concerned Kansas Citians has received federal recognition. The Kansas City CARE Clinic was designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center, or FQHC, on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The clinic will receive federal funding of $650,000 annually, and KC CARE…
Who says no one gets a free lunch? USDA program brings exactly that to KC kids.
On a recent scorching July afternoon in front of the De Soto Aquatic Center, a young boy is shouting out his lunch choice, as his parents look on in amusement. “I want the jammy sammy!” Of course he is choosing the PB&J over the more sophisticated fruit and cheese plates also on offer at this…
A roundup of water issues facing Kansans — now and in the future
Editor’s note: Throughout this week, Flatland has published a series of stories from our partner, the Kansas Health Initiative, exploring how people access water, the economics of water and the challenges of drinking it. To find these stories, freelance journalist Sarah Green interviewed more than 50 Kansans in person, over the phone and by email over the course of seven months. For additional reporting and images in…
Plentiful access to water fuels prosperity in rural Republic County community
In mid-fall, trucks full of corn and soybeans rumble through the north-central Kansas town of Courtland on their way to the grain elevator at the south end of Main Street. While neighboring counties struggle to survive, the western half of Republic County, including Courtland, population 273, isn’t doing too bad. Technology and insurance companies support the…
Superintendent carousel turns as students return to class
The start of school typically brings with it a crop of new students and staffers.
Yet classes are resuming this year in the Kansas City area amidst a remarkable run of new superintendents in Missouri-side school districts, according to the Cooperating School Districts of Greater Kansas City, a consortium that stretches across several counties and represents more than 185,000 students.