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

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 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.

Kansas City area residents can easily find a testing site near them

Public health directors in the Kansas City metropolitan region are issuing the following joint statement on the steps needed to fight the spread of COVID-19 in our community and reduce strain on the health care system.

Eviction prevention is one of three targeted areas of investments in the latest round of funding awarded by the Kansas City Regional COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund.