We are currently focused on three issues that affect the people in our community. Here are our researched solutions that we are calling on our leaders to implement:

• Elder Care - Become a Community for All Ages (CFAA) Gold Level County

  This CFAA recognition program gives cities and counties tools to better understand how they can support their older residents. It celebrates communities in our area that are making efforts to be more inclusive for people of all ages, making them more lively, healthy, and successful in the process.

  The Levels:

  Bronze - For awareness of the issues affecting elderly people in the community

  Silver - For assessment of the needs of elderly people in the community

  Gold - For implementation of solutions to help elderly people in the community

  We currently have achieved the bronze level and we are calling on our elected leaders to move Wyandotte County to gold!

• Affordable Housing - Create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund

  A county-wide AHTF could help in the following ways:

  Rental assistance

  Home repairs so people can remain in their homes

  Building affordable housing units by offsetting any losses builders might experience

  Shelter support

  We are calling on our leaders to adequately fund a Unified Government AHTF.

• Violence - Group Violence Intervention (GVI)

  The National Network for Safe Communities (NNSC) supports communities who are working to reduce gun violence by building trust and transforming public safety. NNSC uses effective and proven strategies to identify individuals and groups most likely to commit violent crimes, and providing an alternative for them.

  GVI implementation brings law enforcement, community members and social service providers together to work towards a common goal. They each have their own roles to play, but they all work together to guide the intervention based on what they see and know on the frontlines. They use real-time data to understand violence and help those who are most at risk.