Timeline

2005

Clean Air Metro Kansas City formed to support smoke-free air ordinances

Good Natured Family Farms began food distribution at Hen House markets

Cultivate Kansas City founded to promote urban agriculture

KC Healthy Kids formed to combat the issue of childhood obesity

Kansas City, Missouri, health levy renewed

Health Care Coalition of Lafayette County forms to address health in rural Missouri

HCF, REACH Healthcare Foundation begin grantmaking

Missouri legislature makes eligibility and reimbursement cuts to its Medicaid program

2006

Missouri voters reject a tobacco tax amendment

Western Missouri Mental Health Center closes

Schools began implementing wellness policies through legislation passed in Congress

Alliance for a Healthier Generation began work in Missouri, Kansas

Lee’s Summit and Independence, Missouri, go smoke-free

Regional Health Care Initiative began

LISC began NeighborhoodsNOW program

Thrive Allen County begins

2007

Greater Kansas City Food Policy Coalition created to improve local food system

Hunger relief organizations bring nutritious food to those in need

Schools place greater emphasis on providing mental health services

Foundations partner to vaccinate women against HPV

Specialty care initiatives began through Wy/Jo and MetroCare

Great Recession fuels safety net and behavioral health system issues

2008

Kansas City, Missouri, passed smoke-free ordinance

National funding awarded to promote environmental changes in Rosedale and Ivanhoe nei...

Kansas ramps up school-based dental screenings

Funding decreases impact community-based mental health services in Kansas

Specialty courts gain traction

Economy sparks collaboration between mental health providers

2009

Low rankings mobilize Wyandotte County to begin healthy initiative

Funding decreases impact community-based mental health services in Missouri

Police, domestic violence shelters strengthen relationships and referrals to shelters

Hospital diversion efforts begin

HITECH Act developed to support adoption of electronic health records

Jackson County voters approve renewal of COMBAT tax

Safety net capacity expansion increases access to care

2010

Kansas City, Missouri, and other cities began passing urban agriculture ordinances

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act passed

Beans&Greens program increases access to affordable fruits and vegetables

Rosedale Development Association paves way for bikers/pedestrians

Kansas passes Indoor Clean Air Act

Federally-Qualified Health Centers expand dental services

Missouri Coalition for Oral Health re-established

Movement progresses to integrate physical and mental health

Foundations, nonprofits begin initiative to emphasize cultural competency

Affordable Care Act signed into law

2011

Federal prevention monies awarded to promote environmental changes

12345 Fit-Tastic! campaign is launched

Active Living KC reviews codes and delivers recommendations

Municipalities began passing complete street ordinances

Cass County opens new dental clinic

Crisis Intervention Team trainings increase throughout the metro

ConnectCASS begins with a mission to improve health in Cass County

2012

Truman Medical Centers debuted Healthy Harvest Mobile Market

Missouri tobacco tax increase voted down

Safety net clinics change models and expand access points

Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act; makes Medicaid expansion optional by state

Safety clinics recognized as patient-centered medical homes

Expansion of community health workers in health care delivery system

Reduction in public health funding

Grant awarded to increase community focus on trauma-informed care

Children’s Mental Health Assessment reveals gaps and barriers

Institutional policy changes act as catalyst for changing health behaviors

2013

Number of children in foster care in region increases

Argentine neighborhood in Kansas City, Kansas, opened grocery store

Kansas City, Kansas, began grants to urban growers for water access

ACA’s signature health insurance marketplace opens

Kansas City selected as site for National Dialogue on Mental Health

New mental health conversations begin after national tragedies

State of Kansas launches KanCare

Preventive oral health services offered in Kansas

Missouri establishes state Dental Director position

2014

Heartland Health Monitor begins to enhance health reporting in region

Public Housing Authority makes publicly owned housing smoke-free

Movement coalesced around food distribution issues

University of Missouri Extension Office opened with kitchen demos in River Market

Kansas City, Kansas, announces plans for a Healthy Campus

Detox beds reduced due to lack of funding

Wyandot Center reopens Rainbow Inpatient Mental Health

Adult Medicaid benefit restored in Missouri

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