By Gina Chiala on May 19, 2022
Executive Director,
Heartland Center for Jobs and Freedom
It is 2016 and Kenya Banks is standing in front of Division 27 at the Jackson County Courthouse. She doesn’t have an attorney; she doesn’t have a plan. She only knows that her landlord is suing her for eviction and she is hoping the court will exercise some mercy. Kenya, a lifelong fast-food worker, fell […]
By Nathan Madden on May 5, 2022
Policy Impact Strategist
Health Forward Foundation
Health Forward is supporting and building inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities by prioritizing people who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. We are working to remove those injustices through our leadership, advocacy, and resources. Our current Kansas and Missouri policy agendas outline the unique challenges that each state faces and seeks to address state-centric […]
By McClain Bryant Macklin on March 3, 2022
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Health Forward Foundation
Equitable access to high-quality health care is a mainstay of Health Forward’s policy agenda. Improved access to quality health care helps people paid lower wages live healthier and more economically secure lives. We know that our communities are strongest when people receive the care they need without facing unexpected financial burden. More than four in […]
By McClain Bryant Macklin on February 3, 2022
Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives
Health Forward Foundation
Health Forward Foundation is supporting and building inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities by prioritizing people who experience the greatest injustices in health outcomes. We are working to remove those injustices through our leadership, advocacy, and resources. Our current Kansas and Missouri policy agendas outline the unique challenges each state faces and seeks to address state-centric […]
By Rep. Sharice Davids on January 26, 2022
Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District Representative
U.S. House of Representatives
On New Year’s Day, new consumer protections against surprise medical billing went into effect, essentially ending one of the most egregious practices in our country’s health care system. While you may have missed this news among all the fireworks and resolutions, it was the result of years of work in Congress and across the country […]
By Ryan Hudnall on November 5, 2021
Executive Director
Della Lamb Community Services
It has been said that nothing is permanent except change. Consider the past 18 months. The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, more commonly known as COVID-19, prompted global change, resulting in an exceptional era of transition and disruption. We collectively stepped into an environment characterized by uncertainty, and we are still adjusting to the nature and extent […]
By El Centro on September 17, 2021
Editor’s note: Voces de Medicaid is a community storytelling experience presented by El Centro. In January 2018, El Centro joined Community Catalyst in their Community Voices of Medicaid initiative, which focuses on informing and educating the community about Medicaid, while raising the voices of people impacted by the program. The following is an excerpt from […]
By Patricia Miller on August 12, 2021
CEO
Missouri State Alliance of YMCAs
Each year, Missouri’s 24 YMCA associations serve over 130,000 children through our various programs and services. Prior to the pandemic, our Ys annually served over 500,000 healthy meals and snacks to almost 14,000 children. The past 18 months have brought an even greater need for healthy meals and snacks for Missouri’s kids. Missouri’s Ys responded […]
By Tania Hewett-Mader on June 9, 2021
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation
Cole Riley
Policy Intern, Health Forward Foundation
This monthly legislative update recaps the 2021 legislative sessions in Kansas and Missouri. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with partners that share similar interests. Contact us if there are opportunities to work together to strengthen our collective advocacy voice. Kansas Even in the midst of a pandemic, Kansas had a productive, albeit somewhat controversial, […]
By Tania Hewett-Mader on May 7, 2021
Policy Associate
Health Forward Foundation
This monthly legislative update follows important issues moving through legislative sessions in Kansas and Missouri. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with partners that share similar interests. Contact us if there are opportunities to work together to strengthen our collective advocacy voice. If you are interested in occasional policy and civic engagement updates delivered directly […]
