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Following a successful inaugural collaboration last summer, a program to teach swimming lessons as a way to address barriers to health equity, is being expanded to four additional YMCA locations across the Kansas City metro area  

The inaugural collaboration, launched in June 2022, began through a partnership with Government Employees Health Association, Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County, provided funding for up to 200 students’ summer swim lessons and equipment at Parkwood Pool. Of the student participants, 100% improved their water safety knowledge and abilities. […]