Career and employment faird set for Oct. 19th William Chrisman High School is organizing a career employment fair that will be held Wed., Oct. 29th at the Independence high school located at 1223 N. Noland Rd. During a morning session,

Gov. Matt Blunt sent 141 Missouri Dept. of Social Services? (DSS) employees to Louisiana to assist with disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav.

At its July meeting, the LINC Commission endorsed a document titled The Community Agenda for America's Public Schools which promotes the ideas of broader community involvement with schools.

A public education campaign about the importance of quality child care has been launched in the Kansas City area.

The Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium (KCQIC) received a major $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of a $300 million initiative by the health foundation involving 14 communities from across the nation.

Independence School District Supt. Jim Hinson received the 2007 Independence Distinguished Citizen Award from the Independence Chamber of Commerce.

Bill Rogers, a veteran LINC employee, received the Jackson County Inter-Agency Council Human Service Award.

One of LINC's first neighborhood-based Caring Communities sites (Palestine Neighborhood) will hold an open house on Thursday, Jan. 31st from noon to 3 p.m. The public is invited.

The Fort Osage Caring Communities sites received a $500 donation from school district's PM SkillsUSA Club.

LINC supports high school job fair LINC is working with several area high school districts to host a March 10th spring job and employment fair for high school seniors.

The National Senior Citizens Law Center released a consumer guide on Missouri nursing home admission agreements at a media news conference held Dec. 18th in Kansas City.

The LINC Commission agreed to reestablish Caring Communities sites at seven schools located in western Independence and Sugar Creek that will be transferred from the Kansas City, MO. School District to the Independence School District next July.

A new partnership between LINC Caring Communities, Martin City K-8, and Red Bridge United Methodist Church gives middle-school students the opportunity to take part in fun, enriching activities on early-release days:  the Wedesdays in the Neighborhood (WIN) program.

Caring, sharing For many, holidays are a struggle  Examiner Nov. 22, 2007 By Kelly Evenson | Kelly.evenson@examiner.net When Lisa Diaz received a telephone call in October regarding two children she baby sits, she had only minutes to decide what to

The Fort Osage Caring Communities sites distributed holiday food to families and others in need in time for Thanksgiving.

Concerned citizens are working hard to build a Buckner community center that will serve the rural Eastern Jackson County community and other neighboring communities.

The Local Investment Commission (LINC) will host a chess tournament on Saturday, March 8th, at Rockhurst University Community Center, 5401 Troost, Kansas City, Mo. 64110.

LINC has been awarded two 21^st Century Community Learning Center grants for five schools in the Hickman Mills and Grandview school districts.

Dr. Larry Ewing, superintendent of the Fort Osage School District, has been named the Missouri Superintendent of the Year by the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA).

Dr. Bob Lupton will hold a half-day workshop on how church involvement can help community renewal. The special event will be held Tuesday, Nov. 27th from 8 am to noon at Maywood Baptist Church, 10505 Winner Rd. in Independence.

A $4,000 contribution has been made to the Sam and Lindsey Porter Memorial Fund established to help build a playground at Fairmount Elementary School where the two children attended.

The City of Sugar Creek and the Housing Authority of Kansas City are respectively partnering with LINC to create new Caring Communities sites that will be located in the Sugar Creek gymnasium and the Wayne Miner Community Center.

Steve Renne, longtime associate director of the Missouri Dept. of Social Services, recently retired.

The Kansas City Beehive wants to increase technology access in the home for low-income families and is offering no-interest, no-fee loans for the purchase of home personal computers.

LINC will develop two Caring Communities sites in the Center School District starting in August.

LINC will expand its Caring Communities initiative into the Grandview School District in six elementary schools and one middle school.

LINC will expand from one to eight Caring Communities sites in the Hickman Mills School District.

The LINC Commission will convene for a special meeting at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 25, 2007, at the E.M. Kauffman Foundation, 4801 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, MO 64110.

The Independence School District received a Community Schools National Award for Excellence in a presentation from the Coalition for Community Schools at June 14th presentation at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. which included comments from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

Fifty participants in the Family Child Care Entrepreneur and Child Development Associate Credential programs celebrated their graduation on May 10, 2007, at Penn Valley Community College.

Several state agencies will hold a June 14th Kansas City public hearing on development of the Child Care Development Fund for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 on Thursday, June 14th, 7-9 p.m., Paseo Baptist Church, 2501 Paseo, Kansas City, Mo. The public is invited.

LINC operates three of the 25 largest child care centers in the Kansas City area based on ranking published by The Kansas City Star in its April 24th business section.

Prof. john a. powell (lower case intentional) and U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II discussed the challenges of racial and economic equity at a Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity (MORE²) luncheon.

Eastgate Middle School Site Coordinator Lory Daniels was among those honored by the North Kansas City Schools Board of Education.

Dr. Jim Hinson, Independence School Superintendent, was selected as the 2007 Missouri School Superintendent of the Year.

LINC has been selected to receive a $750,000 donation of Fujitsu technologies from among more than 40 non-profit organizations nationwide in recognition of their significant impact in strengthening the communities they serve.

As part of the national Cover the Uninsured Week, the Greater Kansas City Cover the Uninsured Coalition will host a health fair on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Seton Center, 2816 E. 23rd Street, Kansas City, Mo. 64127.

Watch a video interview with Chris Henrich, Ph.D. who is doing a multi-year independent evaluation of 12 Caring Communities sites in the Kansas City, Mo. School District.

KC Community Kick-off Meeting from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at Rockhurst University's Community Center

New mobile health van provides no-cost health service to the uninsured.

Missouri is involved in a serious debate on changing the state's Medicaid program.

The Kansas City Quality Improvement Consortium (KCQIC)in February 2007 received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation competitive grant.

The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce featured LINC in January in its member spotlight feature.

Christopher Hope shares his thoughts about recommendations to close McCoy Elementary school in the Kansas City, Mo. School District.

LINC staff member Tim Decker has been selected to head the Missouri Division of Youth Services  (DYS), part of the Missouri Dept. of Social Services. Decker discusses his experiences at LINC. Watch the video

A children's book and DVD celebrating the life and accomplishments of John "Buck" O'Neil created by the children of Primitivo Garcia Elementary School have been published.