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The Local Show: January 26, 2012

This week, we begin a four part series that examines various aspects of suicide. We get a tutorial on the new Zipcar program at UMKC. Guest host Barbra Porter talks to Liz Smith and Lynette Fowler about the MId-America Head Start program. And viewers help KCPT celebrate 50 years in Kansas City.

This week, we begin a four part series that examines various aspects of suicide. We get a tutorial on the new Zipcar program at UMKC. Guest host Barbra Porter talks to Liz Smith and Lynette Fowler about the MId-America Head Start program. And viewers help KCPT celebrate 50 years in Kansas City.


Mental Health Awareness: Suicide


Starting this week on The Local Show, we begin a four-part series that tracks the issues surrounding suicide awareness and depression, the impact on survivors and the importance of early intervention.


Zip, Zip and Away: UMKC’s Zipcar Program


Nick Haines talks to Bob Simmons, UMKC’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Administration, who is heading up the Zipcar program on the UMKC campus.


Building Futures: Mid-America Head Start

Barbra Porter sits down with the directors of the Mid-America Head Start program to discuss the various resources available to help low-income families.


Fifty Years of KCPT: What Does KCPT Mean to You? Part Three

To mark KCPT’s 50th birthday, we’ve asked 50 viewers to tell us what KCPT means to them. We leave you this week with more of YOUR creative messages.

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Mental Health Awareness: Suicide

Starting this week on The Local Show, we begin a four-part series that tracks the issues surrounding suicide awareness and depression, the impact on survivors and the importance of early intervention.

At the end of last year, a series of high profile local suicides elevated the issue of depression and bi-polar disorder in our metro.

In October, John McClure, the gregarious young executive chef and owner of Starkers Restaurant took his own life.

He struggled privately for years. Starting this week on The Local Show, we begin a four-part series from KCPT producer Sandy Woodson that tracks the issues surrounding suicide awareness and depression, the impact on survivors and the importance of early intervention.

When we were putting this series together, we were cautioned about the language we used in setting up these video pieces. We received this memo from the experts we worked with: “Please if you can stay away from saying someone “committed suicide” there is recognition that “commit” is stigmatizing. We think of “commit a crime” and suicide is not a crime. It is an act to end a life of unbearable pain. More sensitive language: “the person died by suicide” or “the person died of suicide.” We’ll remember this memo in all of our coverage from now on. You can see part two of our four part series on suicide and depression on The Local Show on February 9.

A reminder that the national suicide prevention line is 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

View the segment now.


Suicide Prevention and Support Resources:

American Association of Suicidology

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Directory of Mental Health Resources in Kansas

First Call

Mental Health America of the Heartland

Headquarters Counseling Center

Bert Nash Center

National Alliance on Mental Illness Kansas City

Research Psychiatric Center

Suicide Awareness Survivor Support Mo-Kan

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Veteran’s Suicide Hotline

Your Life Your Voice

CommCare

Missouri Department of Mental Health

Missouri Suicide Prevention Project

Parents of Suicide Support Group

Suicide Grief Support Forum

Parents of Suicide Support Community

Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Compassionate Ear

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Zip, Zip and Away: UMKC’s Zipcar Program

Nick Haines talks to Bob Simmons, UMKC's Associate Vice Chancellor of Administration, who is heading up the Zipcar program on the UMKC campus.

Forget the bus or hailing the cab. There’s a new way to zip around
town. UMKC and Rockhurst University are taking part in a new car sharing program known as Zipcars. Designed for students, but available for anyone in the community, Zipcars let you rent a car for just seven bucks an hour, gas and insurance included.

The company, which started in 2000 at Harvard and MIT, has grown to
include 250 colleges and universities in 16 big cities. Until now,
the closest it came to KC was Chicago. Nick Haines talks to Bob
Simmons who is heading up the Zipcar program on the UMKC campus.

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Building Futures: Mid-America Head Start

Barbra Porter sits down with the directors of the Mid-America Head Start program to discuss the various resources available to help low-income families.

Many of us have heard of Head Start, but we don’t always have a full understanding of what they do. Guest host Barbra Porter sits down with the directors of the Mid-America Head Start program to discuss their focus on not only ensuring children are ready to learn when they enter school but also on its services for nutrition, health and family support.

Mid-America Head Start and Early Head Start serve more than 3,000 infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers in Clay, Jackson and Platte counties in Missouri. We are dedicated to improving the well-being of low-income families by working with each family to identify their specific needs.

Resources:
Download flyer for more information about Headstart

Metro Kansas City Head Start Grantees and Delegates Contact Information
Head Start Grantee Flyer – English
Head Start Grantee Flyer – Spanish
Head Start Grantee Flyer – Vietnamese

More information on Mother and Baby Health Coalition programs.

Funded by:
Blue Cross Blue Shield

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