Over the last several years, Kansas City, Kansas has seen new life and revitalization come into its neighborhoods. But while these neighborhoods are cleaner, safer, and more beautiful, a new problem has moved in: rising property taxes. And these taxes are taking a toll on our most vulnerable community members, such as disabled and elderly residents.
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From the Health Care Foundation blog: Trauma-informed courts work to keep people in treatment, out of justice system
Courtrooms are no strangers to trauma. This includes the trauma many defendants experience throughout their lives, and the trauma they experience in court as they stand before a judge.
Gear Extractor Washing Machines Can Save Fire Fighters’ Lives
Firefighters race into a burning building knowing they will face extreme heat and possibly life-threatening, thick black smoke. It’s their occupational hazard.
But an unforeseen hazard lurks in the flames and smoke – the risk of cancer.
KCK to tobacco retailers: Stop selling to minors, or else….
By Debra DeCoster Tobacco retailers in Kansas City, Kansas, have been put on alert: You can’t sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. Now they know their employees can be brought to court and slapped with a fine if they don’t comply. Thanks to a $15,000 grant from the American Heart Association…
Rosedale’s RISE Program celebrates MLK Day by teaching social justice and literacy
The Wyandotte Health Newsroom was very pleased to receive this heartwarming video/slideshow from Rosedale Development Association. We are excited to see RDA take the lead, and use Martin Luther King Jr. Day to promote literacy and social justice in our community.
Innovation and expansion at University of Kansas Health System helps Wyandotte County thrive
The University of Kansas Health System—home to the region’s only National Cancer Institute designated cancer center—recently received news that demonstrates why that designation is a boon to Wyandotte County: In November it became one of only 16 cancer centers to offer the newly FDA-approved CAR T cell therapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients.
KCK’s cold-weather shelter is ready for its second winter
Last year, as a snowstorm raged and as temperatures dropped below 20 degrees, Sean T. struggled to find a warm place to stay the night in Kansas City, Kansas. He was looking for the cold weather shelter at Bridge of Hope Community Church, but weariness overcame him. He sat down to rest.
“The next thing I knew, I had passed out…
Healthy Campus project for downtown moves ahead
Wyandotte County’s Unified Board of Commissioners recently approved a resolution that brings the proposed downtown “Healthy Campus” closer to reality.
The measure, approved with a 9-1 vote during the Commission’s November 30 meeting, allows the Unified Government to use up to $2 million to buy land at 10th Street and Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
No robe required: more approachable court means less trauma, more help for those living with mental illness
In Wyandotte County, an involuntary commitment court is working hard to become a “helping court.”
With the cooperation of Judge Kathleen Lynch’s trauma-informed courtroom, law enforcement and community partners like the Wyandot Center (Wyandotte County’s mental health center), those on involuntary commitment court orders are being given more opportunities to succeed.
