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SOCIAL SERVICES
THE ESLHA’s Social Service Corridor -- Building and
Nurturing Our Community
ELSHA’s Social Service Program is in line with our mission to build and nurture a
community, through affordable housing, for the senior/disabled and the
economically challenged. It reflects the needs, interests, and priorities of
our residents. Through this program, we provide a holistic environment that
enhances the residents’ quality of life, basic health, safety, productivity,
social involvement and emotional wellbeing.
We address a multitude of issues including domestic
violence, parenting, substance abuse, employment and housing situations,
medical and utility assistance, to name a few. Through a referral system, both self-initiated and via various
managers, our services aid the elderly, disabled, youth, and families of the
East St. Louis Housing Authority.
We have a separate Social Service Division with
specially trained staff to implement the program’s objectives.
With over 40 social service agencies at our disposal, we network and assist our
residents all year through. These
strategies have immensely contributed to the success of the program.
Mission Statement
The number of residents/resident families who have been
helped are a testimony to the success of our Social Service Program. This past year we successfully serviced 1326 ESLHA
residents of the 1526 referrals received. We are particularly proud that 93 percent of the seniors received
housekeeping and financial assistance. These were the critical areas where this
category of our residents required the most help. We have worked diligently to
provide a social enhancement program, and we are glad to report that 550
elderly/non-elderly disabled residents took advantage of a variety of social
enhancement events. Annually, we host two
health fairs for the elderly/disabled population and are in the process of
mounting one this fall of 2006.
You are eligible to take advantage of our Social Service
Program if:
- You are a resident
of ESLHA
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You can establish your need for our Services
- You have the willingness to work through issues, and/or
deficiencies.
The
ESLHA Social Service Division provides case management and supportive services
to all our residents. We have assigned our staffat
various locations to meet their day-to-day social service requirements. The
social service staff comprises the director of housing operations, a social
service supervisor, an activity specialist, two social service case managers
and a social services specialist. Marcella Phillips serves as Social Service
Supervisor. Our Social Service Case Managers are Albert Hall and Paul Springer;
Gregory Gilmore, Social Service Specialist. And Edmond Collins, Activity
Specialist completes our team. Under
the overall direction of the executive director, this division executes the program
objectives which include:
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Formulating/evaluating
and improving upon the Social Service Program to address the needs of
public housing residents
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Developing intervention methods (to enhance the
safety and care of public housing residents.
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Creating response/evaluation process to address the changing
health/physical and social needs for public housing residents.
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Providing
assistance with linkage to services for residents.
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Reducing the possibility of premature
hospitalization and institutionalization.
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