Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation

Double up food bucks is a usda-funded program to help snap recipients lower the cost of fresh produce, allowing them to eat healthier foods. The program partners include cultivate kc, university of Kansas medical center, Kansas state research ext. Service, univ of mo extension & west cent. Marc csc and the program partners work with farmers markets, farm stands, mobile markets, and grocery stores to provide an incentive for snap customers to buy more fresh fruits and vegetables. Several private foundations are providing matching dollars. The program serves snap recipients in communities across Kansas and Missouri.

Marc has received foundation grants to support the region's public health departments and other agencies in tracking the presence of the covid-19 disease in the region, to support testing and vaccination to prevent the spread of the disease, to work with Community organizations to assist residents impacted by the disease with emergency Services, to plan for the region's recovery and to identify and seek new federal resources to support the region's investments in infrastructure and Community Services.

The Regional housing partnership (rhp), a partnership between marc and lisc of greater Kansas city, receives grants from local philanthropic organizations to support the work of Community organizations and local governments across the region in producing and preserving more housing, maintain a housing search tool called kchousinglocator.com, and assist other agencies with applying for funding at the federal, state, and local level. The rhp began convening a strategy committee of local housing experts in 2022 that spend time applying system's thinking principles to Regional housing issues, creating innovative solutions for addressing the housing shortage.

Other programs include: economic development, thriving older adults & communities, early learning, growthzone, Community support network, and workforce development.