Government Innovation | Kansas City Digital Drive

The Promise of the Federal Rural Health Transformation Program

by Harrison Kallman | Mar 6, 2026 | Healthcare Technology, Health Innovation Team, Telehealth Pilot, Government Innovation, Event Calendar, IT Workforce Development, Digital Infrastructure

Event Date: March 30th, 2026 Location: Polsinelli Conference Center, 900 W. 48th Place, Kansas City, MO 64112 Admission: Free Event Description: It is time again for our Digital Health Innovation Forum. We welcome as our panelists the team that compiled and submitted...

From Research to Action: How Federal Reserve Banks Elevate Research to Bridge the Digital Divide Around the Country

by Leslie Scott | Oct 3, 2025 | Digital Infrastructure, Digital Inclusion, Government Innovation, Digital Skills Training

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City hosted the “Digital Access Research Forum” in mid-September, bringing together stakeholders from across the country to share knowledge and impact on the digital divide and what this means for constituents for the present and...

Kansas Access to Justice Grant Expands Expungement Efforts

by KC Digital Drive | Dec 20, 2024 | Government Innovation, Code for KC

At KC Digital Drive, we’re driven by the mission to use technology to make a tangible impact on the lives of individuals and communities in our region. We’re pleased to announce that the Kansas Supreme Court has awarded KC Digital Drive with an Access to Justice...

National Smart Coalitions Partnership

by KC Digital Drive | Jan 25, 2022 | Gigabit Ecosystem Building, Digital Infrastructure, Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, Innovation Hubs/Tech Districts, Government Innovation

National Smart Coalitions PartnershipA national cross-sector network to accelerate more sustainable and resilient cities Regional Smart City Organizations Local Governments, Companies, and Universities in 6 States KC Digital Drive is a member of the National Smart...

Clear My Record Expungement Project

by KC Digital Drive | Jan 25, 2022 | Government Innovation, Code for KC

Clear My Record Click Here to View a Prototype Version of the App Expungement Events Attended Expungement Applications Completed Project Overview The Clear My Record project aims to develop a web-based application that allows a person with a criminal conviction to...

Code for America program increases access to EITC through virtual tax assistance

by Erin Melton | Jul 2, 2020 | Government Innovation, Digital Skills Training, Access to Capital, Code for KC

Every year, households miss out on about $10.5 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) money. This cash is available to many low-income workers, but not all eligible workers claim this benefit due to the barrier of filing taxes. These benefits are crucial for the...

The June meeting of the KC Coalition for Digital Inclusion brought together four voices from the region’s affordable housing and digital equity sectors for a rich conversation on how housing stability and internet access shape each other. Health Forward Foundation’s Adriana Pecina and John Tramel, LISC Greater Kansas City Executive Director Geoff Jolly, Hispanic Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) Executive Director Pedro Zamora, and Phoenix Family Program Manager Jessica Welch joined KC Digital Drive Digital Inclusion Program Manager Leslie Scott to explore what it means to live at the intersection of two of Kansas City’s most persistent inequities.

How Researchers Address the Digital Divide Through Social Drivers of Health

In recognition of May as “Research Month”, Children’s Mercy Research Institute’s division of Health Services and Outcomes Research organized several “Lunch and Learn” sessions to highlight important topics for their researchers. The final session focused on the challenge of representative studies for improving both for quality and reach. KC Digital Drive worked with the CMRI team to provide further context for the session’s presentation, but also to help them create a version of Digital Drive’s Digital Divide Simulation (DDS) so that the researchers could see first-hand the circumstances which touch many of their patients and even more families beyond.

A Laptop Means Dignity: Empire Dreams and KC Public Library Close a Device Gap

Not everyone building a business has a laptop. For Empire Dreams entrepreneurs, that gap was a wall. A connection through KC Digital Drive brought them to KC Public Library’s Chromebook lending program. Three weeks later, program participants weren’t pitching on phones anymore. They were building decks, creating marketing plans, and feeling official.