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Enews 6-18-20: Human Service Summit; Housing Survey; 2020 Census
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 part of the community conversation on housing, get an...
Enews 6-11-20: Human Service Summit; COVID-19 and Income; 2020 Census
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 2020 Johnson County Municipalities Community...
Enews 6-4-20: COVID-19 & Race; CoC Recognized; COVID-19 Grants; UCS Moved
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 utilizing research and data to...
Enews 5-19-20: COVID-19 and Children; Census; UCS Movings; UCS
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 remain closed until the end of...
Enews 4-28-20: COVID-19 Data; Jo Co Recovery Task Force; ATF Meeting
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. In the first several weeks of...
Enews 4-14-20: COVID-19; ATF Pre-Proposal Meeting; 2020 Census
COVID-19 Job Losses Occurring in Industries that Employ Nearly Half of Johnson County Workforce Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Kansas has experienced record unemployment numbers. In the four weeks since Kansas issued a State of Emergency in response to the public health crisis, 65% of unemployment...
Enews 3-31-20: Women’s Income, Medicaid Expansion; COVID-19; 2020 Census
Women's Income in Johnson County As Women's History Month comes to a close, UCS has released new research about the economic experiences of women in our community. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that nearly 19,700 households in Johnson County are female-headed households. The poverty...
Enews 3-20-20: COVID-19; 2020 Census
A Message from United Community Services of Johnson County and a Link to COVID-19 Information for Local Agencies and Residents Like many of our partners throughout the community, UCS is monitoring the COVID-19 health crisis and adjusting our work environment and meeting schedules accordingly to...
Enews 2-20-20: Overcoming Racial Divides; TAY Planning Project; 2020 Census
Understanding and Overcoming Historical Racial Divides Understanding what impacts the health and well-being of our community has been the focus of UCS for its more than 50-year history. Since 2017, UCS has convened the Johnson County Health Equity Network and worked collaboratively across sectors...
Enews 02-04-2020: Poverty Trends in Jo Co; Seeking Director Candidates; 2020 Census
Poverty in Johnson County Municipalities UCS has published a new fact sheet detailing the poverty rates for each of Johnson County's 19 cities and seven townships, based on the most recent five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. While poverty rates vary by...
Enews 1-21-20: Poverty Trends; Point-in-Time Count
Poverty and Income in the Kansas City Region Recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that the greater Kansas City region has experienced a steady decrease in overall levels of poverty since 2014. Nearly 1 in 10 residents live in households with income below the federal poverty level...