ESC Annual Report 2019

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Poverty Solutions VISION: A thriving community of neighbors that is free from poverty MISSION: To provide comprehensive services that instill hope and share opportunities to eliminate the conditions of poverty and help neighbors achieve self-sufficiency Community Action changes people’s lives, embodies the spirit of hope, improves communities and makes America a better place to live. We care about the entire community, and we are dedicated to helping people help themselves and each other. This project/program is funded 25% at $1,024.75 by federal funds and 75% at $3,074.25 by other governmental sources for a total amount of $4,099.00. The federal funds are received from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided by the Missouri Department of Social Services, Family Support Division. Economic Security Corporation of Southwest Area (ESC), a Community Action Agency, is part of America’s Poverty Fightning Network, a 1,000 member Community Action Partnership. ESC modernized and refreshed their strategic plan for 2018-2021. Their goal is a thriving community of neighbors that is free from poverty in Barton, Jasper, Newton and McDonald counties in Southwest Missouri. Our professional Community Action staff has offered hope, opportunity and local community growth for 54 years. Economic Security Corporation mobilizes a multitude of community and family strategies designed to instill hope, share opportunities to eliminate the conditions of poverty and help neighbors achieve selfsufficiency, as well as innovative approaches to solving poverty in Southwest Missouri communities. Economic Security Corporation’s Community Action professionals are trusted by our local communities. ESC’s Strategic Plan addresses the Board’s Goals: Children are ready for school, Families are ready to engage, the Agency is ready to support and the Community is ready to Invest. This emphasizes our agency’s responsibility in ensuring we have the resources necessary to address these local conditions. Instilling Hope through Opportunities in our Neighborhoods We will offer insight into Economic Security Corporation’s current undertaking to provide resolution to poverty that families and our local communities are experiencing. Our agency works hard utilizing continuous quality improvement processes to analyze, evaluate, plan, implement and gather data in order to bring about changes that will then affect the many causes and conditions of poverty. Individuals and families that live in our local communities have improved their quality of life. As can be seen in the 2018 census data, 3 of our 4 counties have seen a reduction in poverty. TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Message .....2 Board of Directors ......3 CEO’s Message .........4 Local Theory of Change ..5 Children are Ready for School ..........6 Families are Ready to Engage .........16 The Agency is Ready to Support ........28 The Community is Ready to Invest. ..........32 Funding Resources .....40 Locations & Contact Information ........41 1
A Message from Our President Board of Directors Henry Lopez, ESC Board President Promise Kept! This was a whirlwind year of Early Head Start Child Care Partnership achievements. We celebrated this past September, after adding ten new Southwest Missouri Child Care centers, finishing up at our newest location, the John C. Joines Midtown Head Start and Early Head Start center in Joplin. It has been a tough year as well, the loss of ESC’s Women’s Health Clinic in May was a difficult decision to make after providing Family Planning for over 40 years. During that time we were proud to provide well women annuals to over 30,000 women. We are, however, extremely pleased that The Community Clinic is continuing to serve uninsured women in Southwest Missouri. Economic Security Corporation (ESC) is governed by up to twenty-four members on the Board of Directors. At least one-third of the board is comprised of community members who are currently living on lower incomes. These seats provide our customers with direct voices in shaping Economic Security Corporation’s policies, programs and governance to reflect low income needs. One-third of the Board must be local elected officials and the remaining members are part of the public interest groups. These representatives give freely of their time to further the impact, and assure the effectiveness of Economic Security Corporation’s vision, mission and goals. We applaud them for their dedication to improving living conditions for our low-income families and developing independence in our communities. Henry Lopez President Our Board was tasked with ESC’s Strategic Planning process this past year. It was a great inclusive process that utilized the Results Oriented Management and Accountability principles. Everyone was excited to introduce a new mission, vision statement and ESC’s Theory of Change to navigate our agency for the next 3 years. We were awarded by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 32 mainstream vouchers to help families and persons with a disability become housed. Reducing homelessness in Southwest Missouri. Working with the City of Joplin and Vecino Group we were able to bring 20 more housing units to the Joplin area. These will help with seniors and to re-house homeless Veterans. Weatherization has been able to complete energy retro-fits to over 70 homes in Southwest Missouri. Home Repair has been able to update and make safe over 20 homes in Southwest Missouri for mainly seniors, allowing them to continue to live in their own homes. Chandler Edward Head Start Liaison Darieus Adams Karen Buckman Paula Carsel Becky Crane Cleo Crosby Community Development has been very busy this year. Over 421 households were able to maintain heat this past winter and be cool in the summer. We guided 226 families toward their Family Self-Sufficiency goals resulting in over 43% of these families increasing their overall household income. We provided permanent housing to over 51 households, resulting in safe and stable housing, kept 13 at-risk youth attending high school with the goal of achieving their high school diploma. We received a new grant “Skill-up” from the State of Missouri, Department of Social Services to provide services to families receiving SNAP or Temporary Assistance to lead them out of Poverty. Joe Crosthwait Commissioner Mike Davis Randy Evans Doris Fast David Halloway Jim Jackson Head Start and Early Head Start received a new grant award from Missouri Department of Natural Resources to provide resilient playground surface materials in two locations. Watching the children play on this new and safe playground was very gratifying. Kevin Johnson Melissa Kennon Bethany Knoll Phillip Knott Melissa Lance Chester Neel Thanks to everyone this year that supported Economic Security Corporation and the Board of Directors. Henry Lopez ESC Board President Yanet Pacheco Irwin Stanscheit Jenny Sullivan Nikki Tappana Joy Williams Thomas Wilson 2 3
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