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Out of School Time

In 1999 LINC created a new out-of-school child care system to replace a collapsing program in the struggling Kansas City, Mo. School District. It used an innovative financing approach that utilized significant funding from three different federal agencies ? Child Care Development Block Grant (U.S. Department Health and Human Services); National School Lunch Program (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture); and Title I (U.S. Department of Education) ? that not only saved child care but also established a foundation to provide other services such as child welfare, children?s health insurance, and parenting classes. read more >>


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21st Century Community Learning Centers

Funds from a grant from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will be used over a five-year period to provide after-school academic enrichment, youth development, and expanded parent and community involvement at twelve schools in Kansas City, Mo. School District. read more >>


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Chess Program

LINC supports chess clubs at several of its Caring Communities sites. The programs promote critical and strategic thinking.  read more >>