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Posts Tagged ‘Workforce Development’

Child Care Crisis Challenges Families, Economy

By | April 26, 2023 | 0
The trip to daycare, from Fairway, Kansas, to Kansas City, Kansas, starts at around 5:30 a.m. for Emily Snyder and her 3-year-old son, Wesley.

Lack of access to affordable child care doesn’t just hamper families, it also hurts the Kansas City economy. Some groups are trying to address the problem.

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Confronting the ‘High School Cliff’: What Young Adults with Disabilities Need to Succeed 

By | April 20, 2023 | 0
A Black mother with short hair and a white blouse crosses her arms around her 17-year old son who has autism. Michelle Mitchell worries about the small things in life, like sending Gerald to a bus stop. The bigger things, like career, are even more dizzying. (Dominick Williams | Flatland)

Four years ago, a Kansas City mom created a program for young adults with disabilities like her son. Today, that program has become a resource for people facing the “high school cliff.”

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curiousKC | Submit Questions About Disability Resources in KC 

By | March 27, 2023 | 0
A crowd surrounds Kim Riley, parent and founder of the Transition Academy. For the past several years, her focus has been to build a network that better assists families whose children have developmental or intellectual disabilities find meaningful careers.

“Will my child with disabilities find a job they enjoy?” Submit questions like this on access to disability resources to our curiousKC reporting team.

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Help Wanted: A Daily Struggle for Immigrant-owned Local Firm

By | February 15, 2023 | 0
Maria Morales her son Carlos, a graduate of Shawnee Mission South High School, are part of the family team managing their janitorial service firm, which is trying to expand, but has difficulty finding enough willing, qualified workers to hire.

President Joe Biden spent little time addressing immigration in his State of the Union speech. But it’s shaping our economic future. Help wanted.

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Missouri Lawmakers Vow to Expand Child Care Access. Governor’s Speech May Lay Out the Plan

By | January 18, 2023 | 0
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson delivers a speech.

On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Mike Parson is expected to lay out his vision for addressing what some legislators have framed as a child care crisis in Missouri. 

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