Kansas City's Mattie Rhodes Center receives over $1.7M
Kansas City nonprofit Mattie Rhodes Center got a big funding boost of over $1.7 million thanks to federal and state leaders.
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Kansas City nonprofit Mattie Rhodes Center got a big funding boost of over $1.7 million thanks to federal and state leaders.
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Avery Jackson was four when they knew they were not a boy. Now 16, they and their family are leaving Missouri after anti-LGBTQ bills were passed earlier this year.
Missouri's Department of Elementary and Secondary Education will for the first time create developmental standards for deaf and hard-of-hearing children under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Parson.