In 2019 and 2020, the REACH Foundation teamed up with Kansas City regional funders, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC), metro area nonprofits and civic groups to promote participation in the 2020 Census. MARC will host a series of four virtual presentations on 2020 Census results, drawing from the most recent federal updates and reports. Frank … Continued
Lyrik’s Institution, a 2022 Centering Black Voices (CBV) grantee, is a cognitive-based program that works with youth in school and in out-of-school and summer programs to support positive behavior change by engaging students in creative arts. Kyle Hollins launched Lyrik’s Institution after completing time in prison during which he became interested in cognitive behavioral strategies … Continued
The REACH Foundation this month announced $20,000 awards to eight nonprofit organizations through the foundation’s Centering Black Voices leadership and capacity development pilot. Five organizations were awarded a second year $20,000 grant; three organizations are new to the pilot in 2022. The REACH Foundation introduced Centering Black Voices (CBV) in January 2021 to help improve … Continued
National nonprofit organization Welcoming America announced Carla Gibson, Vice President of Programs, as one of four new board members to the organization. Gibson, who joined REACH in 2006, is responsible for all program functions at the REACH Foundation, including developing strategic community investments to advance health equity in the foundation’s six-county service area. One key area of REACH investment … Continued
This week, HB 2675 and SB 472 were introduced in the Kansas House and Senate proposing expansion of KanCare, the state’s Medicaid program. Under the proposed legislation introduced on February 9, 2022, KanCare will be expanded to cover Kansans earning up to the full 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, 90 percent of which … Continued
The Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, a statewide health advocacy coalition established in 2016, has released results from a poll of Kansas voters that showed a strong majority of Kansans (78%) believe it is time the state expand Medicaid so that more low-wage Kansans can qualify for health coverage. The results weren’t entirely surprising; nonprofit … Continued
