Health care resources (physicians, clinics and hospitals) often are not located where many families live.  LINC responded by forming partnerships with health care providers; these collaborations established neighborhood health clinics funded in part by Caring Communities and located within Caring Communities school sites. read more >>

MC+ for Kids Outreach

LINC?s outreach efforts have increased health insurance coverage for many children and families under the federal Children?s Health Insurance Program, known in Missouri as MC+ for Kids. read more >>

Healthy Classrooms Initiative

The Healthy Classrooms Initiative enables school children to evaluate their own health knowledge and health behavior through a web-based pre-learning and post-learning classroom activity that produces a health knowledge index and health behavior tally. read more >>

KC Quality Improvement Consortium

KCQIC is a collaboration of health plan medical directors, medical societies, local physicians, and medical schools to maintain and increase quality health care.  Working with the LINC Health Committee, KCQIC hosts  events spotlighting these community health concerns. read more >>

West Central Missouri Area Health Education Center

Since 1999, LINC has been the host partner for West Central Missouri Area Health Education Center (AHEC). LINC?s role in the partnership is to provide an avenue for AHEC to reach a larger portion of the community. read more >>

Dental Clinics

Caring Communities-supported dental clinics serve not only children at McCoy Elementary School and in the Independence School District, but the families of the surrounding neighborhoods as well. read more >>