Kankakee Summit of Hope

A Total of 215 offender participated in the Kankakee Summit of Hope

43 Offenders received their Illinois State I.D/drivers License today

47 were able to sit down with a Secretary of State Hearing Officer

150 received an HIV test

85 Total Interventions were done by TASC and Local area services providers

These are the responses to the evaluation questions submitted by 182 of the offenders.

Question #1 Are you satisfied participating in the summit today assisted you in some way?

Yes 168 No 11 Blank 3

Question #2 Did you find presenters adequately addressed your concerns and questions?

Yes 172 No 7 Blank 3

Question #3 Is there anything we could have done differently?

Yes 14 No 164 Blank 4

Question #4 Do you intend to follow up with any of the agencies you visited today?

Yes 146 No 32 Blank 3 Maybe 1

What did you like best? All of it, Everything, Food – my helper, Everything, The way I was treated, Everything, My helper, The programs, the Support, Everything, IDES, The programs that help felons find work, The help, Karlton Harris, the possibilities for change in life for those who need it most, My ID, meeting people, job information, my supervisor great, all of them, my guide Dan was great, nice people, Illinois Parole Board Rep., the place that hire felons, it was long, job fair and willingness to help others, Karlton Harris, the lady that walked me through, It gave me some help, Drop, indifferent about all, nice people, meeting First Church Reps, All, seeing all the different people, everyone is nice, everything, today was very helpful, how nice and polite the people were, registering, Marriage, People giving me a second chance, The way they conducted the Summit, Beth, How I was treated and the helpful information I received, Karlton Harris, Drivers License, KCCSI, My “KIDS” Aunt Martha support groups, A lot of resources, All, I.D., It all and Thanks, everything, the polite people, Polite people, DMV, Everything, Everyone was nice, Peggy Blair, Karlton Harris, Unity, Everything, getting help with my State I.D., Everything, K H Ministries, The Help, HIV test, Host, I enjoyed the Summit, see people help people, my guide, All, My Guide Tameko, good Info, My presenter was extremely nice an very helpful Thank you!! Everything, Everything, Everything, opportunities provided, free condoms, I like to see people trying to help, all the help I received, The programs, help with Rent, Dentiny, How kind everyone was J, the people, Child Support help, help from Staff, Everything the support, Thank you letter KCSSI, The staff, Re-Entry Karlton Harris Ministry, Mental Health Program, It was helpful, Ken Basketball, getting information about drivers license, Everything, Information about helping people with drugs and other addictions, All, IDES, The help we got from this program, The programs you guys offered, Child Support, Basketball, Overall it was good, The kindness, they are trying to help, All of it, The fact that the facilitator (India) was very patient, informative and I felt at ease with her and the way she presented me to those who provided the service, help me out with what I needed, I liked that I know there is Always help out there for many different opportunities, how everyone was so helpful, First Church Life Compass apart from child support, I liked Donna my guide, Everything, Hated it, The child support help, Everything, I liked the Friendly atmosphere, my guide, All good, Living getting up everyday, Unemployment, All the same, the vendors, All the Help!, I.D. people, to do better for myself, they are trying to help, Duane Dean, Great conversation, Child support help, Available resources, don’t have a specific one, All, everything, the process, everything, participating, coming here, the whole thing was good I really appreciate it.

Any other Comments or suggestions? I believe if these summits were every 90 days then more parolees would be helped. Maybe some of the parolees who are of a mind and able could help facilitate these summits give me an address where further comments could be received, THANKS, my host was excellent, India did great walking me around, never again, India did a great job showing me around, Thanks for the help, India was a great hostess, Thanks for the Help, Keep it Coming !!!, THANK YOU !!

Vendors listed below served the following people:
Aunt Martha’s youth service = 150
Child Support Services = 82

UCAN Life Skills = 72

Secretary of State = 109

Duane Dean Behavioral Health = 117

Karlton Harris Ministries = 84

Narcotics Anonymous = 115

Illinois Department of Employment Security = 99

Marriage Inc of Kankakee County = 126

Kankakee County Justice & Mental Health = 94

Kankakee County Community Services = 167

Grow in Illinois = 83

Kankakee First Church = 55

River Valley Metro = 84

Kankakee County Center Against Sexual Assault = 103

Prisoner Review Board = 92

NAACP Diane Boone = 61

Specialized Assistance Services NFP = 84

Specialized Assistance Services HIV = 12

Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery = 59

Riverside Resolve Center = 15