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Free help is available to connect older adults to COVID-19 vaccines.

Following a kickoff on Feb. 23, 2021, Silver-Haired Legislature (SHL) delegates from all over Missouri are holding their first week-long, virtual Silver-Haired Advocacy Week. Through phone calls, video calls and emails, delegates are meeting with legislators to highlight SHL’s past achievements, as well as its current priorities.

The new website is dedicated to improving the well-being of more than 2,400 infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families in Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri. 

On Friday, Jan. 15, the Mid-America Regional Council honored the cities of Grandview, Missouri, and North Kansas City, Missouri, for becoming more age friendly.

The MARC Board of Directors elected a new slate of officers.

The region’s public health directors have issued the following joint statement on vaccine availability in the Kansas City metropolitan region.

The 2020 ozone season has officially ended and, while the data is still being validated, it appears that the Greater Kansas City region exceeded the ozone standard only once.

Information on COVID-19 data and testing are available to the media. 

MARC helps dispatchers and commanders around the region better cope with personal and job-related stress through two Peer Support teams. These resources provide support and information about these programs and other helpful resources. 

The new $8.1 million public and private funding will provide continued support for the Double Up Food Bucks program, which has provided healthy food incentives to SNAP recipients in Kansas and Missouri since 2015.