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A Community Discussion: Bullying & Victimization During Adolescence A joint Quarterly Meeting of Mother & Child Health Coalition, Safe Kids Metro KC and the Kansas City Youth Collaborative Friday, January 23, 2015 8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Overland Park Marriott 10800 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66210 Click here to REGISTER ONLINE The statistics are staggering. More […]

JOB OPENING: Mother & Child Health Coalition is now seeking to fill a position for Administrative Assistant. CLICK HERE for a Job Description.    

A bow that shoots illuminated arrows its manufacturer says can fly up to 145 feet, and the “Catapencil” — a pencil with a miniature slingshot-style launcher at its erasure end — are among an annual list of unsafe toys released Wednesday.

World Against Toys Causing Harm, or W.A.T.C.H., a Massachusetts-based consumer watchdog group, issued the “10 Worst Toys” list over possible hazards as the holiday shopping season gets underway.

WELCOME New Benefactor Level Organization Member: The Women’s Clinic of Kansas City THANKS for increasing your support!

MCHC is one of the local organizations stepping up to promote the Talk, Read, Play KC initiative. READ MORE

On Thursday, August 28, the bill signed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon that excuses breastfeeding mothers from jury duty, with a doctor’s written excuse, and protects them from public indecency charges when nursing or pumping milk in public, becomes law. HB#1320 was passed by all members of the Missouri General Assembly, without a single “nay” […]

August was National Breastfeeding Month Kudos to all our partners who have been awarded our EMPLOYER SUPPORT FOR NURSING MOTHERS AWARD To nominate your organization for the award, submit an APPLICATION HERE.