News & Issues
Health Profile: Nathan Jackson, Executive Director, Hope Family Care Center
Mike Sherry – The Hale Center for Journalism Hope Family Care Center provides primary care to three medically underserved, low-income ZIP codes in the urban core of Kansas City, Mo. The faith-based clinic at 3027 Prospect Ave. opened five years ago as an initiative of The Hope Center, a Christian community development organization that has…
Community gathers at JCC for service of unity and hope
After the shootings that killed three people and are being investigated as a hate crime, over one thousand people gathered for an interfaith service Thursday, April 17 in Overland Park, Kan. at the Jewish Community Center where some of the violence took place. People of many faiths from across the community filled the White Theater…
Preschool Trauma Program In Kansas City Getting National Attention
By Alex Smith – KCUR Every parent knows that young children have meltdowns now and then – at home, at school, in the grocery store – but sometimes a tantrum can be more than a bad day. It can be the sign of traumatic stress. A program started in Kansas City, Kan., offers teachers and…
Brownback signs law expanding autism coverage
By Dave Ranney KHI News Service Bryan Thompson Kansas Public Radio OVERLAND PARK — Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law Wednesday a measure that is expected to make insurance coverage for autism services available to about 750 children over the next two to three years. House Bill 2744 was a compromise measure that gained eventual support from…
Read and share messages of support for the victims of hate in Kansas City
The hateful acts of one person have taken the lives of three of our community members, and wounded many more. So far we’ve collected several messages of support and we’ll continue to add more as they are submitted. Read what others from across the country have written and add your message below. “An evil act….