In 2017, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) reached out to LISC Greater Kansas City and Community Services League (CSL) to help manage an innovative program at Hawthorne Place. Hawthorne Place Apartments (HPA) is an affordable housing development owned and managed by POAH located about 30 minutes outside downtown Kansas City.

This month’s Community Wise podcast is about the social determinants of health and mental health. LISC KC’s Holly Long sits down with Dr. Denise Dowd, a physician in the Division of Emergency Care of the Children’s Mercy Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The two will discuss the "Five Social …

Financial education is an important component to building community wealth. The Federal Reserve System has three primary functions: to conduct monetary policy, supervise and regulate financial institutions and support the payments processes. Through those functions, the organization is able to further promote stability.