Housing Segregation and the Birth of Johnson County – View the Video Story UCS promotes a vision and a belief that our efforts – research, education, advocacy, resource allocation and most importantly thoughtful planning and collaboration – can...
UCS Human Service Summit – Register Today! UCS’ annual Summit will be held Wednesday, August 26, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center Join UCS for the 2020 Human Service Summit – Build Our Housing Future. Be a...
UCS Human Service Summit – Save the Date Mark your calendars now for the Human Service Summit, Wednesday, August 26, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Johnson County Arts & Heritage Center This year’s Summit will focus on Health and Housing and the...
A Statement from United Community Services of Johnson County Current protests in our Kansas City Metro area and around the country continue to shine a light on racial inequities, especially those impacting our Black residents. UCS has spent more than half a century...
Characteristics of Children Staying at Home During COVID-19 The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent stay-at-home order in Kansas has generated a new normal in Johnson County: children are staying at home. Public schools have been ordered to close, and many of them will...
Unemployment Data Shows More Claims in Industries Dominated by Women Recent data from the Kansas Department of Labor indicates that most initial unemployment claims from Johnson County residents in the weeks following the COVID-19 economic lockdown were made by women....
