ESC Annual Report 2018
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A LETTER FROM...<br />
Henry Lopez<br />
<strong>ESC</strong> BOARD PRESIDENT<br />
What an exciting year it has been. It is hard to believe we are at the end of 2017; we started out with a great<br />
big bang! We had quite the celebration for Weatherization with a $500,000 contribution from Empire District<br />
Electric Company (Liberty Central) to help energy innovation and keep homes safe and healthy. Then in March,<br />
Early Head Start won a $6,000,000 Early Head Start Childcare Partnership grant.<br />
Early Head Start Childcare Partnership grant has been busy this past year, opening over 7 new Early Head Start<br />
locations through Southwest Missouri and adding 74 new childcare slots, 50 new employment opportunities<br />
and 10 new partnerships, all of this within 9 months of the grant award. Amazing!<br />
Head Start continues to implement Results Oriented Management and Accountability measures. This innovative<br />
process takes data, and then analyzes the data that leads to programmatic evaluation. Head Start and Early<br />
Head Start has some incredible results based on this work. Our Board is very excited to learn about the results<br />
they are able to achieve.<br />
Permanent Supportive Housing is important to our agency and we are continuing partnerships with the City of<br />
Joplin and Vecino Group. Healthcare and Housing go hand in hand and Women’s Health and Family Planning<br />
Services love their partnership with the McDonald County Health Department. Women’s Health works with<br />
Head Start and Early Head Start employees who need wellness examinations, TB tests and flu shots, as well.<br />
Community Development has been able to keep over 9,421 households warm this past winter and cool in<br />
the summer. We guided 226 families toward their Family Self-Sufficiency goals resulting in over 43% of these<br />
families increasing their overall household income. We provided permanent housing to over 51 households,<br />
resulting in safe and stable housing. We kept 13 at-risk youth attending High School with the goal of achieving<br />
their high school diploma.<br />
We have had some staff changes and retirements this past year, but I am confident that our leadership team,<br />
staff and Board will be able to stay the course. Thanks to everyone this year that supported Economic Security<br />
Corporation and the Board of Directors.<br />
Henry Lopez<br />
<strong>ESC</strong> Board President<br />
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