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Popular news this month
Vazquez joins KHF as Southwest Kansas Regional Manager
Vazquez joins KHF as Southwest Kan...
The Kansas Health Foundation has hired Janeth Vazquez as its first Southwest Kansas Regional Manager.
Foundations collaborate to fund upward mobility efforts statewide
Foundations collaborate to fund up...
A collaboration between the Hall Family Foundation, Patterson Family Foundation and Kansas Health Foundation has awarded more than $5 million to Kansas nonprofits through the 2026 Upward Mobility Transformation Fund.
Kansas Health Foundation backs Indigenous Futures Fund with $3 million commitment
Kansas Health Foundation backs Ind...
The commitment to the Indigenous Futures Fund moves flexible capital to businesses and projects building economic opportunity across four Kansas Tribes.
Editor's picks
A Network of Collaboration
A Network of Collaboration
Mindset #4 asks us to use our authority and leadership to create the conditions for effective collaboration to exist and succeed.
Leading Health Through Courageous Conversations
Leading Health Through Courageous ...
When writing Leading Health, we knew that it had to be one of the key mindsets to adopt if we are to lead the nation in Health.
Systems Change Requires Systemic Work
Systems Change Requires Systemic W...
Emergent needs, rather than the sluggish process of making systemic change, often dictate our collective behavior and the choices we make.
Leading Health Podcast
Leading Health Chapter 15
Leading Health Chapter 15
To close the Health Gap, you need to shift from “encouraging” to using your leadership and authority to “create” collaboration.
09/22/2026
Leading Health Chapter 14
Leading Health Chapter 14
What if the systems we built to move people forward are actually the ones holding communities back?
09/08/2026
Leading Health Chapter 13
Leading Health Chapter 13
What if how we’ve been trying to help people is actually holding us back from solving complex Health challenges?
08/25/2026
Leading Health Chapter 12
Leading Health Chapter 12
Do we need charity or change? How often does easing immediate issues prevent us from changing the systems that cause it?
08/11/2026
Stories
Small Interventions, Big Impact: How Nutrition is Transforming Youth Mental Health Care
Small Interventions, Big Impact: H...
At EmberHope Youthville’s psychiatric residential treatment facility, something as simple as a protein snack and water is helping stabilize emotions and improve outcomes for youth.
Mobile cooking cart sparks community interest, fills need
Mobile cooking cart sparks communi...
Parsons Public Library launched its “Let’s Cook!” program in spring 2025.
Therapeutic Day Services Bring Stability, Care for Foster Care Youth
Therapeutic Day Services Bring Sta...
The Therapeutic Day Services Program is the first of its kind in Kansas, and is a partnership between EmberHope Connections and Mental Health America of South Central Kansas.
How Language Access is Expanding Support for Kansas City Single Mothers
How Language Access is Expanding S...
For many single mothers, walking into The Single Mom KC’s Clothed with Dignity Boutique is unlike anything they’ve experienced before.
Summer Camp Builds Relationships, Skills for Wichita Foster Youth
Summer Camp Builds Relationships, ...
Children 1st, a Wichita-based social service nonprofit, recently launched a one-week summer camp for foster children in fifth through eighth grades.
Cycling league brings student-athletes together
Cycling league brings student-athl...
Kansas Interscholastic Cycling League provides a new path for sports participation.
At KC United, football is just part of the game
At KC United, football is just par...
In Kansas City, Kan., one football league puts education and family togetherness above touchdowns.
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