This April, let’s debunk misinformation and encourage our community to get fully vaccinated during National Minority Health Month. Boost your community with facts on vaccines and boosters. Learn more about this year’s theme, and access resources, by visiting visiting minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm. For more vaccine resources and local stories and information, go to Immunization – Nurture KC.
Check out today’s story from KSHB-41 News: “Two Americas: Kansas City organization works to bridge gap of prenatal care resources.” It shows how Nurturing KC is helping all moms receive quality prenatal and postpartum care.
Access our latest newsletter to learn how Nurture KC is: 1) Advocating to extend postpartum coverage for new moms. 2) Sharing resources and getting back to in-person events in KC. 3) Honoring moms in our Healthy Start program, and more!
We must protect our communities against preventable diseases, as well as from the spread of disease that may present in our communities. The Kansas Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee passed two bills this week that would put all of us at risk. We need your help to take action and stop these bills from passing on the Senate floor. These bills are getting further and the consequences to public health would be dire. We need to send a strong message that this is not what is best for Kansans, and this is also not what Kansans want to see happen. (View recent vaccine polling data from Kansas.)
How can you help?
1) Click “read more” below to learn about these two bills.
2) Reach out to your Senator via email or phone to let them know you oppose this legislation, and your concerns for how it would negatively impact the health of Kansans. (Find my legislator: https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/)
Nurture KC advocates to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 1 year for new moms. Today our staff partnered with the March of Dimes and visited the Missouri State Capitol. Our staff is pictured meeting with Senator Lauren Arthur who says this coverage extension has “earned bipartisan support and near-universal acclaim.”
Today we celebrate all the women in our Healthy Start program who are making a brighter future for their children. Learn more about Healthy Start at https://nurturekc.org/solutions/.
Nurture KC’s Executive Director, Tracy Russell, recently presented statewide immunization poll results to the Kansas Rural Caucus and the Health and Human Services Committe (of the Kansas House of Representatives). She shared 95% of Kansans support wellness vaccines, such as those that prevents measles, mumps and polio. Examine key findings at https://nurturekc.org/solutions/immunization#survey.
The past month has been a whirlwind of major developments at Nurture KC! Check out our February Update to see what’s new with our organization.
Nurture KC Executive Director, Tracy Russell, was the guest speaker on today’s Morning Medical Update for The University of Kansas Health System. Watch the recording at www.medicalnewsnetwork.org.
Nurture KC is in search of a Community Health Nurse to join our Healthy Start team. This community-based position will work closely with our Community Health Workers to support improved birth outcomes for Healthy Start program participants with high-risk pregnancies. We are looking for candidates who are detail-oriented and compassionate, familiar with the KC metro area and have experience in maternal and infant health. (Bilingual, Spanish-speaking is a plus!) Check out the job description. Then, apply via Indeed or send your resume to Shannon Williams, KC Healthy Start Initiative Program Director, at swilliams@nurturekc.org by March 9, 2022.
