Expanding the REACH Foundation’s Centering Black Voices (CBV) investments, REACH will introduce a Core Consultants Initiative designed to provide Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits access to a team of nonprofit consultants. The Core Consultants program and technical assistance providers will be introduced at a “Coffee with Consultants” on Thursday, May 11, 10 a.m-11:30 at Equal Minded Cafe, … Continued
The REACH Foundation each year develops policy agendas for Kansas and Missouri that align with the foundation’s mission to advance health equity in health coverage, access and quality care. REACH’s approach to policy and advocacy includes funding for nonpartisan policy research, community education, and voter engagement and action, as well as our own direct engagement … Continued
The REACH Foundation is committed to continuous improvement and incorporating grantee input into our operations and strategy. In 2022, the foundation once again turned to the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) to help us gather grantee feedback. CEP implemented a grantee perception survey for REACH in 2016, 2019 and again in 2022, allowing the foundation … Continued
The REACH Foundation awarded Building Connections to Coverage and Care grants totaling $580,000 to support health care connector and health navigation services and enrollment assistance. Fourteen grants were awarded through a request for proposal (RFP) process within the foundation’s Bridge the Coverage Divide outcome area and the strategy to connect health care consumers to culturally appropriate … Continued
In celebration of National Immigrant Heritage Month, the REACH Foundation offers highlights of a few of its investments in immigrant and refugee health. More than six years ago, the foundation identified immigrants and refugees as a priority population within its community investment framework because of cultural, legal, social/civic and linguistic barriers that limited access to health … Continued
Damon Daniel joined Ad Hoc Group Against Crime as executive director in 2015. He was enrolled in seminary at the time, pursuing studies to deepen his understanding of his own faith and call to ministry, a vocation he was drawn to through his work as a community organizer. Daniel had more than 20 years of … 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
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
A summer series presented by CommCARE examined race, equity and mental health through three panel sessions. The series was supported by the REACH Foundation and Metro Council of Community Behavioral Health Centers. Topics covered: The Big Picture: The History of Mental Health and Race Kansas City’s Mental Health Ecosystem: Considering Our Troubled Past The Here … Continued
