is a nationally-recognized organization known for its efforts to improve the lives of children and families in Kansas City through its Caring Communities initiative and for its focus on improving services that families depend upon -- education, child welfare, health, neighborhood development, seniors and others. LINC organizes its work around nine core results.
LINC Summer School Programs: LINC will offer summer school programs in cooperation with our school district and partners. This is an initial list of programs organized by school district. Learn More
New Foreclosure Help Website: At the request of NeighborWorks America, the Local Investment Commission (with support from the Mid-America Regional Council) has built a local Kansas City website to provide consumer education and information about free foreclosure counseling services. Visit KCForeclosureHelp.org
LINC Chess Tournament: The 8th Annual LINC Chess Tournament will be held Saturday, May 10th at Dobbs Elementary, 9400 Eastern, Kansas City, Mo. 64138. LINC supports chess clubs in several LINC Caring Communities schools as a way to promote strategic thinking and academic achievement. Get event details.
Fort Osage School Superintedent recognized: Dr. Larry Ewing won the state's award for school superintendent. Read more
School principal gets award: Dr. Dan Clemens, principal at Eastgate Middle School in North Kansas City, was selected as middle school principal of the year in the Kansas City area. Eastgate is a LINC Caring Communities site. Read more.
Foreclosures and Kansas City neighborhoods: The LINC Commission heard about the impact of foreclosures and sub-prime lending at its January LINC Commission meeting. Presentations were made by Kelly Edmiston, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and Paul Wenske, consumer reporter at the Kansas City Star. Learn more
Innovations Award: The Missouri Division of Youth Services has been selected as one of the 50 most innovative government programs. Read KC Star editorial | Read media release
Giving Back: LINC founder Bert Berkley new book Giving Back: Connecting You, Business and Community is out and receiving attention from local media. Read KC Business Journal column | Kansas City Jewish Chronicle story | Channel 41 interview. Berkley also addressed approximately 200 people at an author event hosted by the Kansas City public library. Watch the video.
Health Services in Center School District: LINC and its partner, the Center School District, have cooperated to bring the Swope Health Services Mobile Medical Clinic to a district elementary school. Watch a video
LINC will return to Western Independence: The LINC Commission agreed to reestablish Caring Communities sites at seven schools located in western Independence that will be transferred from the Kansas City, MO. School District to the Independence School District next July. Read more.
Foreclosure Maps and Data: The Federal Reserve of Kansas City has produced maps illustrating foreclosure statistics for the Kansas City area. Launch Map Slideshow
Suburbanization of Poverty: A new LINC report, Suburbanization of Poverty in KC Area School Districts, shows growing poverty in Kansas City area school districts. Increases in free and reduced lunch percentages (by district and individual school, 2000 to 2006) show poverty becoming more concentrated in the Kansas City, Mo. School District as enrollment declines, while inner ring suburban school districts experience significant increases in both number and percentage of poor students. The same basic data is shown in a table Enrollment and Poverty Trends in KC area school districts that covers enrollment and poverty for each school year since 2002.