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curiousKC | Waitlists, Closures and Access: Waning Child Care Support Burdens Working Parents

Child Care Was Already Scarce Pre-Pandemic. It Only Got Worse. So What Are City Leaders Doing to Support Working Parents?

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

September 13, 2021

NEWS & ISSUES

In Kansas City, Restaurant Revitalization Funds Flowed to Whiter, More Affluent Areas

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

by Celisa Calacal, The Beacon

August 18, 2021

Health

Survey: Just 1 in 4 Nursing Homes Confident They Can Survive Another Year

Pandemic Devastates An Already Struggling Industry

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

August 17, 2021

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Housing

Can $1 Houses Help the Unhoused in Kansas City?

Here’s What Nonprofit and City Leaders Have to Say

by Multiple Reporters

July 7, 2021

Mental Health

What the Pandemic Taught Us About the End of Life and Grief

Hospice workers, ethicists and therapists say grief is a pathway toward healing

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

May 26, 2021

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NEWS & ISSUES

For Frontline Workers, No Vaccine for Mental Health

Pandemic’s toll on health care workers reveals need to keep mental health at forefront

by Multiple Reporters

April 7, 2021

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curiousKC | Opioid Addictions Worsen in Pandemic

Experts point to a system cracking under the pressure of need

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

March 29, 2021

NEWS & ISSUES

Our Pandemic Year: Kansas City Reflects on COVID-19

Kansas Citians Share How Their Lives Have Changed

by Multiple Reporters

March 17, 2021

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Jo Anna Dale
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Herbert & Bonnie Buchbinder
NEWS & ISSUES

About $600 Million in Rental Assistance Coming in Kansas, Missouri

Help Getting the Rent Paid

by Catherine Hoffman

March 16, 2021

Health

Combating Vaccine Wariness With Education

Here’s what philosophers, ethicists and medical experts say is missing

by Vicky Diaz-Camacho

February 12, 2021

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