KCUR served as host and facilitator for the intensive digital journalism and audio training program, where select participants reported a story on the theme, “What is the meaning of home?”

Midwife Clarisa Evans started her practice to empower all members of an expecting family from pregnancy through postpartum. While carrying on the legacy of her great grandmother, Evans has become part of a community that reimagines pregnancy and birth outside of hospitals and inside homes.

Avenue of Life in Kansas City, Kansas, works with school liaisons to identify students in need of a variety of supports. Within 24 hours after being notified, the nonprofit meets with families to provide hotel rooms, food, clothing and other immediate needs while a team works to find long term housing for the family.

In the five decades Dustin Sheridan has been alive, understanding of and resources for people with Down syndrome has grown tremendously. Now, he has a job he loves and a place of his own to call home.

As a second-year middle school teacher, Alana Washington knows how much trauma her southeast Kansas City students can go through on a daily basis. She started the Save a Life Mentorship to foster an environment where students can find a home within themselves.