Category: Safety Net

‘Getting settled’: how a KC organization helped a homeless man find a home

By Christy McMurphy on February 14, 2020
Executive Director
Kim Wilson Housing Inc.

At Kim Wilson Housing (KWH), we have three guiding principles:  Housing is the foundation for good health.  Housing vulnerable people requires diverse, community-based collaborations and support services.  Housing is cost-effective. Homelessness is not.  Last fall, as the holidays approached, each of these principles came into play when a woman called to see if we could […]

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Behavioral Health Care, Mental Health Care, Safety Net

Helping with the financial toxicity of cancer

By Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley on January 16, 2020
Executive Director
Gilda’s Club Kansas City

“I have been blessed to have great health care through my employer! I don’t know what I would have done without my great insurance! I would probably not be here,” says Caesar. “In almost nine years of treatment, my medical bills have been around $6 million, while I have paid $9,000 out of pocket! I […]

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Safety Net

Managing the anxiety of cancer

By Siobhan McLaughlin Lesley on October 24, 2019
Executive Director
Gilda’s Club Kansas City

There’s no getting around it: cancer touches everyone. The American Cancer Society® reports that, today, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will receive a cancer diagnosis in his or her lifetime.   Hearing those three scary words, “You have cancer,” certainly increases stress and creates anxiety. Research has shown, though, that reducing anxiety […]

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Healthy Communities, Safety Net

Comprehensive approach targets asthma in Kansas City

By Health Forward Blog Team on August 2, 2019

Combating an elusive, often-overlooked killer that preys on the youngest and most vulnerable among Kansas City’s African-American community is the objective behind Asthma Empowerment-Kansas City, a far-reaching program supported by Health Forward Foundation. The three-year-old initiative uses evidence-based strategies to fight the chronic respiratory disease on multiple fronts: In public schools with training, screenings and […]

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Safety Net

KCATA proposes pilot program to address transportation barriers

By Shannon Morris on July 18, 2019
Program Officer
Health Forward Foundation

In 2018, Health Forward Foundation was approached by Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) to assist in convening health and social service nonprofit organizations to discuss transportation.  As a result, KCATA hosted two roundtable discussions at Health Forward’s office. In attendance were representatives from KCATA, as well as several past and present Health Forward Foundation […]

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Safety Net

Synergy Services strengthens community through comprehensive care

By Ruth Ramsey on April 18, 2019
Our Health Matters
Publisher

This comprehensive care model is complex, but the mission is not. Synergy Services, a local nonprofit, opened its Homeless Youth Campus including its Youth Resiliency Center in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2010 with the goal of providing a lifeline to families and individuals in crisis. Synergy envisions a world without family violence, abuse and neglect. […]

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Healthy Communities, Mental Health Care, Safety Net

12 steps to bolster advocacy efforts

By Anne F. Rauth, MBA on April 11, 2019
Marketing and Development Director
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions

Advocacy efforts have been underway for several years now in Missouri and Kansas to expand coverage of Medicaid. Through my work at safety net clinic Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, I see individuals every week that are not covered under the plan, and they struggle to cover the cost of a co-pay to see a […]

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Health Reform, Policy, Safety Net

Mercy and Truth hosts first “Warm Up Wyandotte” event

By Anne F. Rauth, MBA on December 7, 2018
Marketing and Development Director
Mercy and Truth Medical Missions

Mercy and Truth Medical Missions, a safety net clinic with locations in Wyandotte and Johnson County, Kansas, hosted an event the Saturday before Thanksgiving, November 17, 2018 called Warm up Wyandotte. The event lasted under an hour and a half due to an overwhelming demand for the items that were offered for free. Thanks to […]

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Safety Net

Health Care Foundation is now Health Forward Foundation

By Bridget McCandless, MD on November 14, 2018
President and CEO
Health Forward Foundation

Most of you know us as Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City. But we also answer to the Kansas City Health Care Foundation, the Greater Kansas City Health Care Foundation, and sometimes even the health department. It can be confusing, we know. It was hard on our partners when they sometimes struggled to introduce […]

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Health Forward, Healthy Communities, Mental Health Care, Safety Net

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Shopping for insurance? Trained assisters ready to help navigate 2019 marketplace

By Jim Torres on November 1, 2018
Co-Chair, CoverKC Coalition
Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center

Molly Moffett
Co-Chair, CoverKC Coalition, Community Health Council of Wyandotte County

Whether you need new health insurance or have no coverage — now is the time to educate yourself and take action. Consumers shopping for 2019 marketplace plans only have six weeks to enroll through HealthCare.gov. Open enrollment runs Nov. 1 – Dec. 15. CoverKC assisters offer free, unbiased help. Despite several changes to the Affordable […]

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Health Care, Safety Net

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