Troost LINC Caring Communities

10/04/2024

The health and welfare of our senior neighbors has always been one of LINC's core missions. We're thrilled to carry on this work in partnership with the Palestine Senior Citizens Activity Center. Come check it out!

“It’s a new day. A new journey. We’re going to work on our community organizing . . . get members back, thriving, being safe in their community and making sure they have a stake in everything that goes on in their neighborhoods.”

09/13/2023

Let's pull together -- parents, kids, teachers, counselors, nurses, bus drivers, LINC team and more -- for great attendance, . Even two absences a month are too many! See strategies at Attendance Works attendanceworks.org.

09/12/2023

Important! ¡Muy importante! If you receive Medicaid, you need to make sure you get renewed. If you are not on Medicaid, you may qualify for coverage. Contacto Samuel U Rodgers Health Center samrodgers.org/medicaid_renewals 816-889-4797 o Swope Health swopehealth.org 816-599-5590

08/14/2023

We're enrolling for our free before- and after-school Caring Communities programming for the 2023-2024 school year! Start your child's application today by filling out the online form at kclinc.org/enroll.

08/09/2023

Get important kidney health info and you or a loved one may receive a free home kidney test kit. LINC is working with the National Kidney Foundation, Missouri Kidney Program and The Family and Community Trust, asking, "Are You the 33%?" Learn more and take the kidney quiz: https://kclinc.org/news/2023/8/9/concerned-about-high-blood-pressure-diabetes-get-a-free-kidney-test-kit

07/31/2023

Here it comes. Missouri's tax-free weekend for all purchases, this Friday through Sunday. The Missouri Independent has a list of the kinds of purchases that won't get taxed . . .

There will be no sales tax at all from 12:01 a.m. Friday Aug. 4 until midnight Sunday Aug. 6 on any sales of the exempt items like school supplies, backpacks, calculators and jeans.

07/28/2023

Important Medicaid message No. 2: Medicaid has expanded in Missouri! You may now be eligible. Visit https://mydss.mo.gov/apply to check your eligibility and benefits today.
Mensaje importante de Medicaid No. 2: ¡Medicaid se ha ampliado en Missouri! Ahora puede ser elegible. Visite https://mydss.mo.gov/apply para comprobar su elegibilidad y beneficios hoy mismo.

07/28/2023

The first of two important notices about Medicaid! In Missouri, you must renew to keep your Medicaid coverage. Act Now. Stay Covered. → https://mydss.mo.gov/renew
¡El primero de dos avisos importantes sobre Medicaid! En Missouri, usted debe renovar para mantener su cobertura de Medicaid. Actúa ahora. Mantenga su cobertura. → https://mydss.mo.gov/renew

07/26/2023

Hundreds of households are getting farm-fresh produce through LINC's collaboration with the Missouri Department of Social Services Moyer Farms and Proffer Wholesale Produce in the federal cooperative program. See our video, story and photos on how local food is getting to local families.

“It helps my kids eat healthy. It helps the moms who struggle throughout the summer to feed their kids when they’re not in school.” See how the Missouri Department of Social Services, LINC and local farmers are bringing home the harvest of a new federal program.

07/26/2023

Join us. Help children grow. Watch families thrive. Build strong neighborhoods. Here's work you can love. Pass it on. kclinc.org/parttimejobs - - https://kclinc.org/.../10/11/why-we-love-working-for-linc

07/11/2023