April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child advocates across the United States are especially concerned about the safety of newborns during COVID-19. “An unexpected pregnancy can cause tremendous stress. With the added burden of the Coronavirus pandemic and all it entails, that stress may seem unbearable,” says Anne Biswell, an advocate with the Safe […]
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COVID-19 Testing Available This Week
Nurture KC Hot Topics, News April 20, 2020
One of our partners, Truman Medical Centers, is offering testing for COVID-19 if you’re feeling ill with such symptoms as fever, cough or shortness of breath. This mobile testing will take place in church parking lots and is open to the public. Call 816-404-CARE (2273) to get tested at one of these locations: Tuesday, April […]
Nurture KC’s March Update
Nurture KC News March 31, 2020
Each month, Nurture KC distributes an update with news highlights to help our members and friends of the organization stay informed. Read our March 2020 Update to learn about: • How we are operating, and still serving families, during COVID-19. • Our immunization billboard campaign that appeared around KC. • A new Coronavirus Resources Page […]
Even though Coronavirus (COVID-19) has shut down businesses, schools and life as we know it, Nurture KC is still assisting the families we serve through our Healthy Start program. Appointments between our Community Health Workers and program participants are still taking place as scheduled, but now mainly via phone and video conferencing (very limited in-person […]
Governor Mike Parson has announced several concrete commitments to Missourians dependent on government aid to help them through the Coronavirus pandemic. For example, Missouri will waive work requirements for food stamps for 90 days, extend child-care subsidy benefits for 90 days, relax prescription refill requirements and not terminate Medicaid participants’ eligibility. “My administration and I […]
Kansas Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers stopped in for a conversation with community residents and partners, including Nurture KC, in Wyandotte County, to discuss the need for Medicaid expansion and the great impact it would have on moms and babies. Two mothers shared their struggles in navigating a health care system that removes coverage for many […]
Nurture KC’s February Update
Nurture KC News February 21, 2020
Each month, Nurture KC distributes an update with news highlights to help our members and friends of the organization stay informed. Read our February 2020 Update to learn about: • A new MEMBERS tab on our web site, allowing members to access legislative content for Kansas and Missouri. • Heart disease during pregnancy, and how […]
Funding for free bus service in KC
Nurture KC Hot Topics February 14, 2020
Late last year, Kansas City received national attention when the city council pledged to find the funding to go fare-free, which would cost about $8 million annually. This week Kansas City Mayor, Quinton Lucas, announced his proposed budget, setting aside $4.8 million for free bus fare. The other two funding sources are the Kansas City […]
Medicaid Expansion Rally on Feb. 13
Nurture KC Hot Topics, News February 11, 2020
The Alliance for a Healthy Kansas is planning a Medicaid Expansion Rally for Thursday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m. at the Kansas State Capitol (2nd Floor Rotunda), located at 300 SW 10th Ave. Topeka, Kan. The goal? To let our legislators know we need to pass Medicaid expansion NOW instead of using it as a […]
Legislation: Kansas Bill HB 2601 weakens the ability of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to regulate and promulgate rules as it relates to vaccination requirements/schedules. Instead, this authority would be vested with the state legislature, which meets for four months a year and lacks the background and medical expertise to determine appropriate action. Currently, KDHE has the ability and authority to act quickly based on new information and best practices from the CDC. Removing expertise from this process and placing it in the political arena for consideration is not in the best interests of disease prevention and the well-being of Kansans, young and old, who rely on vaccination information based on science, not politics.
Activity: A legislative hearing on the proposed bill is scheduled for Thursday, February 13 at 1:30 p.m. before the House Education Committee. It meets in room 346-S.
Click “read more” to see how you can submit testimony or contact committee chairs.
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