The KLC Framework

Finding common ground in rural Kansas results in successful project By finding common ground, a health and wellness coalition and its volunteers in a rural southeastern county created a Kansas Beats the Virus (KBTV) initiative that helped change residents’ behaviors...

 “Look, regardless of whether you believe in the virus or not, it's creating effects on your organization. What are those effects and how can we go about mitigating them?” --Phil Black, Salina musician and concerned community member When an email announcing the Kansas...

Groups addressing disparities found valuable resource through virus initiative With disproportionately high COVID-19 infection and death rates among non-White populations the pandemic put a spotlight on racial disparities in health care. In Wyandotte County, community...

Silver linings have been hard to come by during COVID-19, but strengthened civic ties may very well be a bright spot that endures in Kansas communities long after the pandemic recedes. Faced with fighting a common enemy, citizens from all walks of life rallied around...

The Journey church in Wichita has a small congregation that includes a surprising number of mental health professionals, so perhaps it was preordained that the church would respond to the mental health crisis brought on by COVID. The church is asking therapists to...