A SUMMIT OF HOPE

Mt. Vernon Summit of Hope

THE SUMMIT OF HOPE HELD IN MT. VERNON ON TUESDAY JANUARY 8th 2013 at The Rolland Lewis Center at 800 South 27th Street Mt. Vernon

A total of 74 participants attended State and Federal
12 Received a new State ID
1 Took written test and received a permit
7 Signed up to be organ donors
39 Received an HIV test
14 Received a Flu shot
12 Received a blood pressure check
53 State of Illinois Child Support Services

No other information received at this time

THE SUMMIT OF HOPE HELD IN MT. VERNON ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 8th 2011 at the ROLLAND LEWIS BUILDING 800 S. 27TH STREET
Another great job done by all !!
76 offenders attended the Mt. Vernon Summit of Hope

69 received an HIV test from Jackson County Health

13 people walked out with a new I.D. card from the Secretary of State paid for by UCAN

8 signed up to be Organ Donors

31 Sat down with a Secretary of State Hearing Officer

16 received Flu shot from Jackson County Health

23 Interventions were conducted

Offenders received services from the following Vendors:

Work Incentives and Planning Assistance program 22

Il Dept. of Veterans Affairs 3

Angels on Assignment 26

Delta Center Inc. 28

Jefferson County Health Department 18

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 10

Studio Rend Lake College School of Cosmetology 14

TASC 17

Moland E. Miller Foundation 8

NAACP 16

Educational Opportunity Center 42

Manpower 35

Southern Illinois Carpenter’s Training Center 20

Freed in Christ 12

Project Child: Child Care Resources & Referrals 23

United Methodist Children’s Home Local area Network 22

GROW in Illinois 19

Healthcare and Family services Child Support 10

Lutheran Social Services PFM 27

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 8

Lutheran Social Services 17

Alcoholics Anonymous 23

South Ill Joint Apprenticeship Program 1

UCAN Life Skills 38

IL Dept of Human Services Division of Alcoholism and Substance abuse 11

SAFER Foundation 9

South Central Transit 66

Unknown Agencies 23

Offenders response from their evaluations of the day:

Question #1 Are you satisfied participating in the Summit today assisted you in some way? Yes 64 No 1 Blank 1 Not turned in 10

Question #2 Did you find the presenters adequately addressed your concerns and questions? Yes 63 No 2 Blank 2 Not turned in 10

Question #3 Is there anything we could have done differently? Yes 6 No 58 Blank 2 Not turned in 10

Question #4 Do you intend to follow up with any of the agencies you visited today? Yes 57 No 7 Blank 2 Not turned in 10

What did you like best? The IDOC taking the opportunity to try and provide help for ex-con’s. Everything. Knowing there are people who do care and are willing to help people with situations like mine. Treated like a person. Meeting a friendly person. Promptness. Free donuts. My interviewer. Info. My tour guide. The Friendly people. Talking with Lisa. Offers help to felons didn’t think there were services available to felons like this. Cassidy helping me to find places and people who could give me information about substance abuse to help myself and stay clean. Ms. Joan she was nice and polite showing me around. Joann. All. All the help. My walk around Lady. Carpenter’s Apprenticeship Program. All vendors had good things to offer, Everyone tried to help. Getting new ID. Information. Cassidy. Everything. The good manners from the staff. How helpful everyone is. Carpentry. The setup and how quickly it went. HIV testing. I liked it ALL. Carpenter job stuff. I got a ID and I was able to get the help with the things I need. Nothing. My guide Tricia. Information about jobs. Tricia was super helpful and I appreciate how she knew exactly what I needed. The people were friendly and helped me out. Hand massage. Very helpful and concerned. G.E.D. help. Volunteer Jo Ann. Free ID. EVERYTHING!!. Counselor. Education. Didn’t push to hard. Haircut. The kindness of everyone. The License deal. That everyone was so friendly and helpful. The volunteer. Quickly served. Friendly People. Carpenter Apprenticeship program. All of it. DMV. Funding Education. The person that was with me she helped me understand everything. All the people were nice and helpful.

Any other Comments: THANKS !! I was very pleased with this program. More resources on employment opportunities. More information on RX issues. I liked it. You guys did GOOD. Tricia was very helpful and understanding. Thanks. LOVE THIS PROGRAM !!

MT. VERNON SUMMIT OF HOPE
Held on September 28th 2010
At the Rolland Lewis Building in Veterans Park

A total of 89 people attended
21 walked out with a State of Illinois identification card
39 offenders visited the Secretary of State Hearing Officer
69 received a HIV test
28 received a H1N1 shot and 28 Blood pressures were check
20 received assistance from Child support enforcement
Stay tuned for the rest of the results

RESULTS OF THE MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS SUMMIT OF HOPE

A total of 124 offenders participated in the Mt. Vernon Summit on February 9th 2010.

After checking in the participants were interviewed by a counselor completing a questionnaire which was designed to determine the struggles and obstacles they are facing. The questionnaire also would assist in determining the needs in the Community. When the questionnaire was completed each participant was escorted around to the different providers. The escorts not only pointed them to the providers the questionnaire determined they need to see, but they were able to provide comfort and support as they spoke to the providers and completed forms.

The following is a synopsis of the event:

34 participants walked out with their State of Illinois Identification cards from the Secretary of State.

103 participated in the HIV testing

13 were able to sign up for adult education classes

3 have already been helped with employment within days of the event

25 received H1N1 vaccination
25 received Blood pressure checks
35 received a vision test
10 utilized SI LAN
  31 CSAC
13 Comm & Residential Services
45 Angels on Assignment
52 Crosswalk
33 Covenant Center
16 Social Security Adm.
  37 Secretary of State
41 South Central Transit
47 Rend Lake College
54 UCAN Life Skills
19 Youth Build
  63 Man-Tra-Con
45 IDES
42 Manpower
38 SAFER
27 Jefferson County Health Dept.
  59 TASC
    8 Family Leadership Initiative
    9 Illinois Federation of Families
16 Project Child-Child Care resource and ref
16 Project Child-Quality Counts
  18 IDHS
    9 Child Support Enforcement

At the conclusion of the walk around each participant was given an evaluation asking their opinion of the event. We received 95 evaluations with the following results.

Are you satisfied participating in the Summit today assisted you in some way? 89 yes 2 No

Did you find the presenters adequately addressed your concerns and question? 90 yes 1 No

Is there anything we could have done differently? 17 yes 74 No

Do you intend to follow-up with any of the agencies you visited today? 90 yes 1 No

What did you like Best? 13 did not answer this question 82 did Here is what they said:

The overall “JIST” of the underlying meaning of the “SUMMIT OF HOPE” to help our community and provide hope for those who have been at the mercy of addiction or hindered lifestyle.

12 the polite, kind, friendly and caring attitude of everyone.

8 how helpful the people and information was.

11 Everything, many added THANK YOU!!!!

8 said HIV testing and gas card

8 said getting ID card

8 Rend Lake College

5 Man-Tra-Con

2 UCAN

1 Winners Circle

1 Talking with Child support.

1 SSC office

How friendly everyone was polite and did not treat us different.

The overwhelming support and help finding things

The heartfelt and non-judgmental attitudes and everyone helping one another.

The help of meeting each and every need you have and the quality of support and information that the
groups had.

I liked having all of these “offender friendly” services available at one time. Very glad you did the aids
testing that’s very important.

County offering benefits to offenders.

The mock job interviews. It helped me brush up on some things I have forgotten for an interview. Also
what to expect form employers.

Like how there were so many different stations which kept you busy.

It was all good because everyone needs help in these type of situations.

The fact that everybody was a great help and very friendly.

How everything was handled.

   All the opportunities, lots of information in one place, the general idea, all the different places,
   evaluation and whole walk around, hospitality, being able to talk to my new P.O., help with ride home,
   coffee and the pretty girls.

Comments:16 responded to this section
Just said THANK YOU !!!!

All were helpful

I enjoyed this program

Appreciate services available

I appreciate the help very much Thank You

Nice Friendly atmosphere/helpful info

Need more work for parolees

Will help other addicts in near future through my experiences.

I though it was very thoughtful for people to help other people. Everyone seemed concerned .

I am looking forward to more or these types of events in the future.

My thanks for contacting me about this event. I would return anytime this event took place.

To have more of these Summits and possibly more resources (housing, financial aid etc for ex-offenders and those who have done more than 10-25 years in prison to help them get started and on their feet).

This was a great idea and I thank those who made this happen.

This gives those hope to live and apply a productive lifestyle to become a successful individual in society. There is no limit to what you can accomplish, whatever you desire to do or become.

Continue to GIVE HOPE to those who lost HOPE.

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