A ribbon-cutting Tuesday, August 31, 2010 celebrated the construction of seven new homes in northwest Independence, Mo.Read More
Every weekend in August, hundreds of volunteers went door-to-door with Opportunity Knocks to change the conversation about the Kansas City, Mo. School District. Throughout the campaign volunteers knocked on over 70,000 doors. Over 3,000 people made commitments to volunteer time or services to the Kansas City, Mo. School District.Read More
In this KCPT hour-long special, Nick Haines and Cynthia Wheeler-Linden take a closer look at what some view as a "rare moment in time" for the Kansas City, Missouri school district.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
The city of Kansas City, Mo. have programs to help low income families with paint for a residence and also emergency home repairs including roofing, plumbing, electrical and furance.Read More
The Independence School District has published a new book titled Inspiring Greatness: A Community's Commitment to a Brighter Future.Read More
The Kansas City, Mo. School District voted March 10 to close 26 schools because of declining enrollment and financial consideration in an effort to "right size" the district.Read More
Community Mediation Center Works LINC has worked closely the the Community Mediation Center to address conflicts and issues in schools and neighbors. The 10 year old organization offers a wide variety of services to faith based, schools, neighborhoods and businesses.Read More
Kansas City mayor Mark Funkhouser shared a broad vision of a stronger more intentional partnership between the city government and the school neighborhoods throughout the city.Read More
Free help filing your taxes will be available at selected schools and neighborhood centers or file online at MyFreeTaxes.com Read More
The foreclosure crisis and the economic downturn is creating new homeless families in the Kansas City area.Read More
NPR features KC juvenvile facility The innovative work of Missouri Division of Youth Services is featured in a Oct. 30th story on National Public Radio show "All Things Considered." The story says Missouri sees "teens offenders as kids, not inmates." The radio feature, first of aRead More
Concerned citizens are working hard to build a Buckner community center that will serve the rural Eastern Jackson County community and other neighboring communities.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
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 videoRead More