The Missouri Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC) will offer a one-day mini conference to provide workshops and networking opportunities to parents.Read More
LINC founder Bert Berkley discussed the challenges of serving more families with fewer resources during a Sept. 1 keynote address at the 25th annual Mid America Assistance Coalition (MAAC) training conference at the Kauffman Foundation.Read More
All full- and part-time employees may participate in an Employee Health Fair on Sept. 10, 2010 from 8:30am-4pm at the Gregg Community Center (1600 E. 17th Terr, Kansas City, MO 64108).Read More
LINC is expanding in the Hickman Mills School District to include Smith Hale College Preparatory 6 7 Center. August 18th was the school's annual open house to welcome back parents and students.Read More
The Kansas City, Mo. School Board approved a new contract with LINC at its August 11th regular school board meeting. The contract is for the 2010-11 academic year.Read More
LINC is expanding its presence in the Hickman Mills School District to include Smith-Hale Middle School.Read More
LINC recently shared its community experience working with children and families and how that relates to child welfare issues at an event hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.Read More
Six houses in the Town Fork Creek and SPENA neighborhoods have a fresh coat of paint thanks to efforts led by the LINC Southeast Caring Communities Neighborhood Resource Center (SECC), Urban Rangers and the City of Kansas City. Read More
On July 8-11 students from the LINC Foster Youth Program attended the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus at the University of Missouri-St Louis (UMSL) to attend workshops focusing on college preparations.Read More
This week the Hickman Mills Caring Communities team piloted a new approach to enroll families in the LINC Before & After School Program.Read More
LINC was present in force at the Back to School Rally held this past Saturday and organized by City Councilman Terry Riley. (July 31 2010)Read More
A federal Full Service Community Schools grant was submitted by LINC and others partners this past week.Read More
US Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) introduced federal legislation encouraging a more comprehensive approach to education by building integrated, collaboration systems to support children by making schools the center of communities. LINC's work in Kansas City was cited by supporters as one such example. Read More
This July LINC hosted three Family Reading Nights at Hickman Mills LINC programs. Reading Nights are designed to remind parents of the importance of reading with their children over the summer.Read More
During the week of July 12-16, 2010 LINC will be hosting Jordan Buchheit, an intern from a national leadership training program called Coro.Read More
The Local Investment Commission (LINC) is hiring part time staff to work for LINC Caring Communities Before and After School programs in the Hickman Mills School District.Read More
Bridget McCandless MD who has held the position of Health Policy Advisor will be leaving LINC.Read More
July 20th gardening class at Garden of Hope in Independence will explain what crops can still be planted for the fall harvest.Read More
Kansas City Councilman Terry Riley and the Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) along with Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners will host the Back-to-School Rally on Saturday, July 31. Families receive backpacks, school supplies, school uniforms, immunizations, health services, books, and other materials and services to prepare for the new academic year.Read More
LINC founder Bert Berkley received an honorary degree from Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.) on May 8.Read More
LINC has produced many maps highlighting demographic and socioeconomic data that is important to creating a fuller understanding of our community.Read More
Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser announced a major initiative outlining closer cooperation between the area's largest city and its school districts which is called Schools First.Read More
A Caring Communities Citizen Guide providing information about LINC's work, locations of its school and neighborhood Caring Communities sites and information about area elected officials is available online.Read More
LINC Commissioner Coauthors Book SuEllen Fried and Blanche Sosland bring their combined experiences together to present a blueprint to reduce the pain, rage, and revenge cycle of bullying.Read More
LINC is working with the US Census Bureau to provide community locations where individuals can apply for census jobs and take the required test.Read More
Two special February events will focus community attention on the growing foreclosure issues in the Kansas City region.Read More
A public education campaign about the importance of quality child care has been launched in the Kansas City area.Read More
The LINC Commission heard presentations on the extent and impact of foreclosures in the Kansas City area and considering what it and the community can do to address the impact on families and neighborhoods.Read More
Bill Rogers, a veteran LINC employee, received the Jackson County Inter-Agency Council Human Service Award.Read More
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.Read More
LINC Founder Bert Berkley is co-author of a book, Giving Back: Connecting You, Business and Community, now available.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
The Kansas City Chamber of Commerce featured LINC in January in its member spotlight feature.Read More