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KC-WAIT
(Working with Adolescents in Time)
Kansas City, Missouri
Community
Profile
Our community
is located in the Kansas City metropolitan area and includes neighborhoods
in both Kansas and Missouri. The population is 1,575,000. The population
is 60% Caucasian, 30% African American, 5% Latino American, and
5% other racial/ethnic groups.
Status of
Parent Education
There is no
organized effort at the state or district level to prioritize parent
education on sexuality and health issues. We did get the Missouri
application for abstinence-only sexuality education dollars to include
funding for parent education. To our knowledge, no one has applied
for this money to support parent education.
Sponsoring
Organization and Service Area
KC-WAIT’s vision
is a private and public sector partnership dedicated to the prioritization
and long-term investments in the improved health and quality of
life for adolescents. Our mission is to improve the health and well
being of adolescents between the ages of 10 to 18 years by building
community capacity through education, research, and exemplary practices
to better address complex interrelated youth issues.
KC-WAIT is housed
at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development.
The Institute for Human Development (IHD) is a University Affiliated
Program funded by the United States Administration on Developmental
Disabilities. The UMKC IHD maintains projects in seven topic areas:
1) Prevention
2) Early Childhood and Youth
3) Individual and Family Capacity Building
4) Community Inclusion
5) Aging
6) Under-served Populations and
7) Policy Planning and Program Development.
The project
also partners with the Maternal and Child Health Coalition of Kansas
City (MCHC). KC-WAIT manages the MCHC adolescent health committee,
Responsible Choices, and serves as advisors for MCHC initiatives
related to adolescent issues.
Organization’s
Staffing
The program
Coordinator devotes 40% time to parent-child communication programs.
Our trainer also devotes the same amount of time to training and
information dissemination on the topic. A Community Coordinator
works with faith and school community on the topic 50% time. We
subcontract with five community residents to deliver the program.
For More
Information
Name: Rebecca
Slaton, MPA
KC-WAIT Resource Development
KC-WAIT (Working with Adolescents In Time)
2220 Holmes, Kansas City, MO 64108
ph: 816-235-5305
fax: 816-235-1762
email: [email protected]