ESC Annual Report 2019

Families are Ready to Engage
Of the 4.15% of ESC households that continue to receive assistance in the last five years, 78% are
elderly, disabled or families with young children – our community’s most vulnerable.
Many people are ready to make a positive change in
their lives but are not sure where to start. Through
Economic Security Corporation’s Intensive Case
Management, families are paired with professional
staff who work individually with them, assisting them
in setting realistic goals and a plan to begin working
towards achieving those goals. Typical goals include
obtaining employment, finding a better job, increasing
household income or increasing their education.
The program’s success revolves around the highly
experienced staff, their knowledge of community
resources and ESC’s comprehensive approach, which
include bundling of agency services wherever possible.
Success is measured by: the reduction in
the need for social service supports
such as food stamps and the increase
in overall household income.
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The Little Things Can Make The Biggest Differences
in the Lives of Our Neighbors
Harriet called to check on her Energy Assistance application. She had been unable to reach a person
at THE WORK NUMBER to obtain missing employment pay information. In the meantime, ESC
had called the place where she was working through a temporary agency to obtain the missing
information and had completed her application on time. She was very grateful and relieved to hear
that her energy services weren’t in threat and she could spend Thanksgiving in a warm home over
a nice dinner with her son.
INTENSIVE CASE
MANAGEMENT RESULTS
ENERGY ASSISTANCE RESULTS:
6,186 receive energy assistance, of those 81% receive this on
a short-term basis (1-2 years), and are considered vulnerable
citizens, elderly, disabled or children under the age of 5.
59% of the vulnerable households include a member who is disabled.
87 Families Engaged
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41% Gained Employment
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31% Increased Their
Overall Household Income
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33% of Families
Achieved a Degree
Individualized Family
Strengthening Works!
Kyle was unemployed and seeking
assistance with a resume. ESC
started out by assisting him with a
resume. His work history included
a wide range of different types
of jobs that usually only lasted a
couple of months. He wanted to
do something different but did not
think he was smart enough. His ESC
case manager researched available programs and
suggested he attend a meeting regarding paid on
the job training that was being held at the Neosho
location of the Missouri Career Center. Kyle was
accepted into the machinist training program. He
graduated with a CNC Machinist Certificate and
is currently participating in on the job training at
Cooper Gears. After his training period ends in
February 2019, he will be making $22.50 per hour.
He credits his success to the people that believed in
him, advised him and informed him of services that
could improve his life.
Roseann (3rd from the left), one of our Intensive Case
Management participants with her LPN clinical class.
Working Together in
our Community through
Coordination of Services
Within our Agency and
other Organizations
Rosa Reyes, mother of Dennis
Ordonez-Reyes who is in the Noel
Head Start program, explained to
ESC on a home visit last October that
she did not have a stove. She told us
she had been cooking meals using
her microwave and a Crockpot. We
started looking immediately for a stove
for her to purchase through buy, sell
and trade pages, local thrift stores or
flea markets. About two weeks later
ESC’s Tammy Walker, Community
Development Director, posted that the
City of Joplin Public Housing Authority
(JPHA) had some stoves to give away
to low-income families. We contacted
Tammy and she provided the JPHA’s
phone number to ESC. JPHA was able
to provide a stove.
Getting this stove from Joplin to Noel
was the next challenge. We spoke with
Leisa Harnar, Head Start and Early
Head Start Operations Director, to see
if it would be possible to have Garrett
with ESC’s Maintenance bring the stove
to Noel when they were working in the
area. Unfortunately, Rosa did not have a
car big enough to haul the stove to her
house. ESC’s Maintenance picked the
stove up from the JPHA and brought it
to Noel’s Head Start and then delivered
it to Rosa’s house. She arrived home
after work and was so happy to see
it. She was very thankful to
ESC and said they “had a
great Thanksgiving cooking
together as a family.”
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