The Kansas Civic Network partners with rural communities across Kansas to strengthen civic life, expand opportunity, and address local challenges through relationship-driven engagement, applied research, and community-led solutions.
Strengthening participation, trust, and local leadership capacity.
Community listening sessions and local engagement strategy
Nonpartisan civic education and voter access support
Leadership development for rural residents, youth, and emerging leaders
Multilingual and culturally responsive outreach, including Spanish
Community-driven civic participation initiatives
Locally informed responses to shared rural challenges.
Food insecurity coordination and rural food system support
Rural health access and wellness
Immigration and newcomer integration in rural communities
Workforce development and rural economic resilience support
Civic literacy and public service education
Data and insight grounded in lived rural experience.
Rural community needs assessments
County- and region-level data analysis
Program evaluation and impact reporting
Applied research in partnership with rural institutions
Public-facing rural reports and policy briefs
Bringing rural communities together to solve shared challenges.
Town halls and community forums
Facilitated conversations on local and regional issues
Civic leadership and skills-based trainings
Youth engagement and intergenerational dialogue
Regional rural convenings and learning exchanges
