El Centro De Servicios Sociales Inc

EL CENTRO IS A HISPANIC-LATINO NON-PROFIT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. CORE PROGRAMS: SENIOR & ADULT SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, YOUTH LEADERSHIP, EMPLOYMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE.

MONEY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE SERVICES). THE PROGRAM PROVIDES MONEY MANAGEMENT, REPRESENTATIVE PAYEE SERVICES, TO INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER FROM LORAIN COUNTY WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH SEVERE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISORDERS THAT RENDER THEM UNABLE TO MANAGE THEIR OWN PERSONAL FINANCE. SERVICES INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT TO SECURE THE BASIC NEEDS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CLIENT. THE PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 300 INDVIDUALS ANNUALLY. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME OF CLIENT IN THIS PROGRAM IS LESS THAN $8,500. THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE MONEY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS TO ENSURE THAT CLIENTS MEET THEIR BASIC LIVING NEEDS, PRIMARILY HOUSING, AND TO AVOID RE-HOSPITALIZATION. EACH CLIENT REPRESENTS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE WITH REGARDS TO LIMITED RESOURCES, SPECIAL COGNITIVE LIMITATIONS, DEPENDENCY ISSUES, TREATMENT COMPLIANCE AND STIGMAS FACED IN THE COMMUNITY. WHILE OVER 50% OF ALL CLIENTS REFERRED TO THE PROGRAM ARE HOMELESS, THE PROGRAM, THROUGH ACTIVE ADVOCACY FOR THE CLIENTS AND ENSURING BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN STABLE HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 98% OF ITS CLIENTS.

231GO COLLABORATIVE : THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED TO LORAIN YOUTH GRADES 5-8 WHO RESIDE IN CENSUS TRACT 231. THE COLLABORATIVE FOCUSES ON AND ASSISTS YOUTH TO CREATE THE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENTAL ASSETS, SOCIAL SELF EFFICACY, ACADEMIC SELF EFFICACY AND VALUED BY ADULTS. EL CENTRO IS THE BACKBONE AGENCY OF THE COLLABORATIVE, WITH PARTNER AGENCIES AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS FOCUSED ON MENTORING, SELF ESTEEM DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING STUDENTS WHO ARE MOTIVATED AND ENGAGED IN LEARNING.

EL DORADO SENIOR CENTER. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF LATINO SENIOR CITIZENS THROUGH CULTURALLY SENSITIVE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE: HEALTH SCREENINGS, HEALTH EDUCATION, INTERPRETATION, TRANSLATION THE SERVICES NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. EL DORADO SENIOR PROGRAM SERVES LATINO SENIORS WHOM ARE CHALLENGED BY SOCIOECONOMIC, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURAL BARRIERS. OF THE CLIENTS SERVED IN THE PROGRAM, 80% LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL AND 82% DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. OVER ONE THIRD OF THE CLIENTS ARE DISABLED AND FRAIL. MANY OF THE CLIENTS SERVED BY THE PROGRAM HAVE LITTLE OR NO FAMILY MEMBERS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THEM WITH THEIR PHYSICALAND EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND OVER HALF LIVE ALONE. OFTEN TIMES, EL DORADO CASEWORKERS ARE THE ONLY POINT OF CONTACT THE ELDERLY HAVE FOR ASSISTANCE. EL CENTRO CASEWORKERS ARE TRAINED TO INTERPRET IN THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AND PROVIDE BI-CULTURAL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL PART OF A MORE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS AND MORE SENSITIVE TREATMENT TO ENSURE QUALITY OF CARE FOR OVER 110 SENIORS.