East St. Louis Summit of Hope

THE SUMMIT OF HOPE HELD IN EAST ST. LOUIS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21ST 2012 at the SALVATION ARMY 616 NORTH 16^TH ST EAST ST LOUIS
A great success WOW !! total of 199 attended
A total of 199 people attended the Summit

59 received an HIV test
23 walked out with a new State of Illinois Identification can
The following is a list of the vendors and the number they served:
Southern Illinois Healthcare Mobile Medical Unit served with test, shot, etc. 19
Southern Illinois Healthcare Mobile Medical Unit 61
Secretary of State hearing officer 54
St. Clair Co. Health Dept. 65
Healthcare & Family Services 61
BI 37
Land of Lincoln 56
Chestnut Health Services 38
Touchette Regional Hospital 67
IDHS/DASA 54
COME Inc 88
Hope Christian Church 9
Cosby’s 33
St. Clair Co. Regional office of Education 103
SWICC 112
St. Vincent DePaul 33
Gera Up 57
Lutheran Social Services 66
Veterans Assistance Madison Co. 21
E. Side health District 61
Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center 69
Human Support Services 71
Family Dental 76
VET Center 31
Hoyalton 27
H & R Block 63
VA- St. Louis 19
Law & Grace Ministries 75
IL Department of Employment Security East St. Louis 108
Social Security Admin. 49
United Way 2-1-1 109
SIHE 63
East St. Louis Township Life Skills 91
Sandford-Brown College 78
Winner Circle 45
East St. Louis Community College 98
DCFS-SILAN’s 63
Il Dept of Employment Military Veterans 10
Participants Evaluation Questions 183 were returned and reported as follows:
Are you satisfied participating in the summit today assisted you in some way?
Yes 172 No 3 Blank 8
Did you find the presenters adequately addressed your concerns and questions?
Yes 168 No 7 Blank 8

Dou you feel that your volunteer was helpful in making this a positive experience?
Yes 172 No 3 Blank 8

Do you intend to follow-up with any of the agencies you visited today?
Yes 164 No 11 Blank 8

What did you like best?
Well I liked that I had someone to help guide me through these programs and I feel like these agencies will be helpful, Positive Atmosphere, Cooperative and nice, How positive this place is giving help to those who need, The College Assistant, Liked everything, Everything, Just how everyone comes together to help each other, The volunteer she was very nice and thoughtful, The help and concerned offered, Kindness, DMV, Education, Hair cut and ID, Women’s health, Talking to the people from the college and talking to Mr. Wigginton, Life skills, The people taking time out to help us and trying to make a way for us to find work, All, They wasn’t pushy, Everything, Food, The help, Everything, Job opportunity at Pet Milk, HIV test, Everything was helpful, The info that has bee provided, Condoms, Social Security, opportunity to give a person a chance, Non profit COME Inc, The help, SIHE College, ID, Everything, Free Medical service ID’s assistance with license service, The help and participation of the staff and workers, All the services that are available, The HIV test which was negative and the help of volunteer, Liked that there were a lot of resources regarding my recovery and they were helpful, The way they help out, Getting my ID, It’s helpful in trying to help me obtaining valuable resources, All of it, Healthcare and family services, Health, Services, Birth Certificate, Everything, Get to Leave, Everything, HIV testing important information sessions, The good atmosphere free pen and water, The vendors were very presentable, The help my volunteer, Volunteer, Business in order, Meeting new people, The services, The help they try to give us, Pizza people very helpful, The help that was given, Educational and escort, The experience of getting back in school and staying on track, All set up, The people were generous to talk to everyone, Everything, Yes, Good !!, Education and employment, Everything, Everything, Everything, I liked it all, DUI help, The support, It’s helpful, Everything, Information about school/education, SIHE College, SIHE College, The free ID, Business in order, The presentation of vendors and didn’t have to do it alone, The overall support, Everyone was very helpful !!!, learning you can get breast cancer, Food, Free HIV/ID/pizza, Aids test, The help I’ve received, Positive experience, Social Security card, Secretary of State, Pizza, Positive environment, Treatment, The help!, Programs, did not take that long, That you get a lot of help with school and work and home issues, Any and every information and person needed was available, The presentation of the presenters was most favorable, Barber, Everything, Free ID, Information, The Staff, Helpful and free, Drivers license, Everything, The interview/Veterans assistance/the helper was extremely helpful, How nice the people were, Teeth service, All the agencies, The entire process, The services that are present, Healthcare information, Child support information and haircut, HIV testing/re-entry for employment, Enjoyed the community support to assist in bettering my life to become productive, All of it, SIHE/GED classes, the information I received, Everything, All, Everything, Good information, Liked the different available opportunities, The health information, All of it THANK YOU, collecting the free items, The support that was offered for everyone today !!, My host, My helper, Barber, Welding Job, Build self esteem, Getting ID, Everything, The education booths, Everyone, Addressing all of my needs, Everything was great, I liked how my volunteer was very helpful, The fact that it showed me people and places to contact to help me with things that I thought I couldn’t get help with.

Any other comments or suggestions?
They should do it more often, My volunteer was very good, THANK YOU!!, Thanks, Better communication on time, Ms. Cosby was a very good presenter and I advised her to continue the good work, Update computers, It’s done great service for re-entry citizens, Allow us to eat what everyone else eats, too slow, more volunteers, Good program, Appreciate the services, Try to follow up on these trades and stay focused, keep up the good work, Thank you, Thank you.

    THE EAST ST. LOUIS SUMMIT OF HOPE HELD ON THURSDAY JANUARY 27TH 2011 from 9am-2pm
at the Salvation Army in East St. Louis, IL.
A total of 172 offenders participated in this event  

  East St. Louis Summit of Hope Results June 29th 2010

112 Southern Illinois Health Care                                
  90 East Side Health District
  23  Madison County Health Department 
  81 St. Clair County Health
  61  Bethany Place
  63  Comprehensive Mental Health
  39  Human Support
  47 Gateway Foundation

  61  Chestnut 11 have follow up appointments
106 Illinois Secretary of State
  90  Lifeskills 
  38 Voters Registration
  64  Legal Aid 
  15  Veterans Administration
  28  DCFS
  28  Child Support
  90  SWIC 
  63  ESL College
  16  Southern Illinois Network   
  61  Sandford Brown
  68  Educational Opportunity
  43  Barber College           
    5  Children’s Center for Behavioral Development 
  59  East St. Louis Library
  37  H& R Block
117  IDES
  18  Mock Interviews
  88  Extra Help
  18  Metro Link 
  24  Labor Ready
  87  Sheet Metal Workers Local 268
  19  Department of Rehabilitation
  90  Sheet Metal Local/Carpenters/Plumbers& Fitters & Local 101
  10  St. Clair County Veterans Assistance                                  
  19   Living Word Fellowship
  27  New Life Community Church    
  31  Freed Christ
  20  Living Word Church 
  51   St. Vincent Depaul
  36   Compassionate Outreach for Metro East 
  28   United Way 211
  13  Catholic Urban Programs 
  48  Urban League     
  13  Children’s Home & Aid Society   
  40  Call For Help       
    3  Lessie Bates 
  41   Provident Counseling
  30  TASC    
  57   Salvation Army

  23   Phoenix Crisis Center                                                         48   Gear UP

At the end of the day the offenders were asked to complete an evaluation form of the 215 that attended 188 turned in the form and here is what they said:

What did you like best:

21 said Everything 
15 said Free ID card
11 said The person that took them around (most used names)
18 said Jobs and help with employment 
 5  said College and education 
 4  said All the information given
16 said How helpful, polite, courteous and nice everyone was
 2  said Safer
 3  said the Food
 2  said SWICC
 4  said Healthcare
 2  said the Haircuts
 2  said Sheet Metal Union
 3  said Carpenter’s Union 
 2  said HIV testing
 2  said Voters registration
 5  said All the great information and handouts
 2  said VA assistance 
 2  said The attitude of the providers

Church, I had another clean drop, Mock Interviews, All the free stuff, The Salvation Army Program, Help for children, Everything it is very helpful, I liked the personal touch,  it was an excellent opportunity to network,  my companion (WOW) it was good to have someone take time out to show that people care,  it can help you, the honesty and true caring individuals, the nice people and all the opportunities, being shown around and talking to everyone, just the way you had a person help you one on one, one on one assistance being shown information I did not know about, the way it was setup it was very pleasing, finding a few agencies that are currently hiring, Everyone was so nice,  fast service courteous attendant,  It was stuff I needed to do just couldn’t,  that they were taken the time to offer a program like this, the program itself, Everything that was offered was alright!!, my aid was very nice and made me feel comfortable, everyone was very polite and respectful, “Everyone Helping Me”,  all the resources, the way they made me feel so comfortable and ready to help, How everyone acted,  the atmosphere, a chance to try to do different and have someone willing to help, the fact that everyone employed here was really interested in helping me,  RESPECT,  the person helping me was great he was very polite, I like the fact that there are people out here that are trying to help you, being all in one,  the help was perfect, it was an overall very great experience, just the environment I was in just see people helping ex-offenders, the patience and agency help, the people, one on one assistance, I liked everything that they had to offer me it was really nice, the verbal support that was offered and the counselors that assisted me was very attentive, how quickly I got through, the hospitality.      

Comments:

 Everything was good, it was better than I thought it would be, God Bless, Liked all the different vendors very helpful, everything was OK and went well,  
It was nice and not what I thought it would be, someone to request social security cards and birth certificates,  Keep up the good work, Thank you all, I was glad to attend,  keep up the good work! Thanks for taking the time out to help, very helpful,  Love the staff they were so nice,  I liked every other program also, Great Summit, the helpful environment that was given the people who contributed to all of this were a great comfort and again very helpful, excellent help, Thank You,  Keep doing this program,  it is definitely a good thing to help fellow ex-cons,  I just liked that everyone was ready to help me, Chestnut had several workers here that made me feel welcome Connie with TASC was my facilitator she was great, there is a need for this,  THANKS,  I hope I find a job soon,

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