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United Way Welcomes Madison Medina
United Way of the Plains is excited to welcome Madison Medina as our new Resource Navigator for 211. In this role, Medina will help community members get connected to resources and services to meet their needs in times of crisis and uncertainty. Last year, United Way’s 211 service helped Kansans in need 159,089 times through its free and . . . [Read More]
Shylee Johnson Joins United Way of the Plains
United Way of the Plains welcomes Shylee Johnson as our new Continuum of Care Planning Associate. In this role, Johnson will support United Way of the Plains as the lead agency of the Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita / Sedgwick County. The coalition serves as the local Continuum of Care (CoC) and works to make homelessness rare, brief and . . . [Read More]
United of the Plains welcomes Logan Bradshaw
Logan Bradshaw has joined United Way of the Plains as the Director of Community Impact. In this role, Logan will manage relationships with community partners and lead United Way initiatives with a focus on education.
Logan has over eight years of experience in city government, community relations and project management. She brings a solid foundation in community engagement and a deep . . . [Read More]
Stacy Ward Lattin joins United Way of the Plains
United Way of the Plains is excited to welcome Stacy Ward Lattin as the new Manager of Public Outreach and Community Engagement. In this role, Stacy will be responsible for enhancing United Way’s storytelling and expanding community involvement through both social and traditional media platforms.
Stacy brings over a decade of experience in marketing, operations, and community relations, having successfully built . . . [Read More]
Kristie Costa joins United Way of the Plains
United Way of the Plains welcomes Kristi Costa as the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program Manager. The free tax preparation program operated 13 sites across south central Kansas in 2023, where volunteers filed nearly 6,000 tax returns and secured $7.1 million in total refunds for income-limited households.
Costa was a VITA site coordinator in 2024 for United Way of . . . [Read More]
Get to know…Cole Schnieders, Continuum of Care Planning Manager
Cole Schnieders joined #TeamUnited in 2021 as our Continuum of Care Planning Manager. During that time, he as been strengthening the Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita/Sedgwick County. United Way of the Plains is the lead agency for the coalition, formerly known as Impact ICT – Continuum of Care. The coalition is a partnership of dozens of organizations working . . . [Read More]
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