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Gila County Changing Face of Poverty Awareness Workshop June 10 th, 2009 Conducted by: Gila County Housing Services Community Action Progr am United Fund Southern Gila County Network Team Arizona Community Action Association Arizona State University Partnership for Community Development

Prepared by: John Burk, Ph.D. & Richard Knopf, Ph.D.

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Workshop Overview

A Changing Faces of Poverty Awareness Workshop convened on June 10th, 2009 at the

Elk’s Lodge in Globe. The gathering included representatives of public agencies, nonprofits,

and community organizations (see Appendix B). The Forum was convened by the Gila County

Housing Services Community Action Program, United Fund, and Southern Gila County Network

Team in partnership with the Arizona Community Action Association (ACAA). The goal of the

workshop was to build connections among community partners to address the burgeoning

human services crisis in Gila County – and to develop strategies to address the crisis. The

specific objective was to identify community assets and gaps, create networks, and determine

outcomes to deal with poverty in Gila County.

The meeting was facilitated by Arizona State University’s Partnership for Community

Development who was commissioned to support ACAA’s “Changing Faces of Poverty” project

designed to increase awareness of poverty throughout Arizona. Claudia Dalmolin, President of

United Fund and the Southern Gila County Network Team, and Malissa Buzan, Program

Manager of Gila County Housing Services Community Action Program served as co-hosts of

the workshop. Ms. Buzan presented recent Gila County poverty-related statistics for workshop

participants. Cynthia Zwick, Executive Director of the Arizona Community Action Association

described the purpose of the workshop and John Burk from ASU facilitated a general discussion

about existing community assets, gaps in human services, and potential ideas for mitigating the

gaps. Subsequently, the assembly worked in small groups to further develop ideas that could

become poverty-reduction strategies and actions in Gila County.

ASU facilitated the process for small group input. Each group was charged with

identifying possible community networks that could address poverty and develop a concept,

action plan, and outcomes that could be effective in heightening public awareness and

engagement of community members to fight poverty in Gila County. Each group recorded their

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efforts on worksheets and/or flipcharts that served as the data recording devices that were

collected and are documented in this report.

ASU was commissioned by ACAA to produce this report. The intention is to share the

results of the meeting with Gila County citizens, agencies, and organizations to generate further

ideas and action plans capable of addressing poverty in Gila County. The report contains Gila

County poverty facts and statistics and the results of the work each group did as reflected on

the worksheets and/or flipcharts they produced. Additional Gila County data is provided in

Appendix A which is taken from ACAA’s Data Book and Community Action Programs Needs

and Assets Assessment (dated October, 2008).

The Effects of Poverty on Gila County

Malissa Buzan provided the following statistics to the assembly that served to frame the scope

of the challenges Gila County faces related to poverty.

Traditional Faces of Poverty

• Unemployed and very low income

• Single mom with children

• Single men with mental health or substance abuse issues

• Homeless

• Seniors on fixed incomes

• Low skilled persons

• Indigenous Persons

• CHILDREN

New Faces of Poverty

• Workers who were employed, self-employed or on commission with middle/higher

income earnings who have been laid off, or hours reduced

• Highly qualified, out-of-work individuals

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• Low-skilled workers: Most new jobs are highly skilled

• Grandparents raising grandchildren

• Middle Class – small business owners, school teachers, Professors, Government

Workers

• CHILDREN

Poverty’s effects on Communities

• Poverty Rates in Gila County

o Gila County Poverty Rate = 18.2%

o Arizona Poverty Rate = 14.3%

• Unemployment Rate Nationally = 7.8%

o Gila County Unemployment Rate =

� 5.7% in June 2008

� 8.9% in January 2009

� 9.3% in February 2009

� 10.2% in March 2009

o Every month unemployment increases

• Economic impacts

o Struggling job market, even fewer jobs available

o Most vulnerable, least qualified, no jobs

o Local businesses struggling or closing

o People with less $$ to spend in community = decreasing sales tax = decrease in

city and county services

• Social impacts

o Loss of ability to provide for basic needs

o Families

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o Human Services capacity overwhelmed and defunded - Cut back in basic need

services – childcare, child protection, elder care, food, transportation

o Increased violence and crime

o Diversion of resources

• Opportunities do exist to improve the situation

Human Service Assets in the County

• Gila County communities are being served by many agencies countywide that provide a

variety of services ranging from emergency food boxes, cash assistance, and winter

homeless shelter services, to providing clothing, job training, and hot meals, to

substance abuse counseling and treatment.

• Networking crosses beyond traditional boundaries – non-profit, faith based, community

groups and social services

• Innovative Programming

o Southern Gila County Network Team

o Early Childhood Network

o Gila County Comprehensive One-Stop Center

Who is not getting served and why

• Unable to meet the need/demand

• Program cutbacks

• Waiting lists

• Newly poor – unfamiliar with resources

• Homeless

• Seniors and persons with disabilities

What change are we trying to create?

• New and innovative ways of meeting the growing need

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• Strong safety net

• New and innovative ways of working as a community – true collaboration

• New service delivery systems

• Opportunities for community to stay engaged

Bottom Line: We need AWARENESS , LEARNING , and ACTION!

ASU provided definitions of a healthy community, community leadership, and assets-

based community development to frame the small groups’ discussion regarding developing

concepts, action plans and outcomes to address poverty in Gila County. The following core

concepts of mobilizing community resources to respond to social challenges were introduced:1

Healthy Community: A place where all people can meet their economic, social,

physical, cultural and spiritual needs; work together for the common good; and participate in

creating their future.

Community Leader: a person who works with others to develop and sustain a healthy

community.

Community Leadership: occurs when anyone, regardless of title or position,

recognizes an issue or opportunity and works with and through others to take some type of

action. Leadership competencies include: Framing ideas, building social capital, mobilization

resources.

• Ways of framing ideas include:

o Identifying community assets

o Analyzing community problems

o Accessing community data

o Developing a community vision

o Translating vision into action

1 Krile, J.F., (2006). The Community Leadership Handbook. St. Paul, MN: Fieldstone Alliance.

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• Ways of building social capital include:

o Building relationships among individuals, organizations, and agencies

o Involving diverse groups in dialogue about community issues so they can learn

from each other

o Building environments of trust among these diverse groups

• Ways of mobilizing resources include:

o Analyzing stakeholders

o Building coalitions

o Building effective community teams

o Recruiting and sustaining volunteers

After being given the above framework, the participants were organized into seven small

groups of approximately seven members each. Participants were assigned randomly to the

seven groups. The groups were provided with a common focal question to guide their efforts

throughout the deliberations: How can you mobilize resources (assets) to address poverty

in Gila County?

Group Work and Results

The workshop participants began their work by brainstorming existing community assets,

gaps in human services and potential ideas to close the gaps. The discussion provided insight

for the small groups that enabled them to develop specific concepts, action plans, and

outcomes. Below is the summary of the general discussion.

Community Assets

• County seat serves as hub for services

• Civic and fraternity organizations; Elk’s Club, Lion’s Club, etc.

• Community spirit and support

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• Boy’s & Girl’s clubs

• Little League

• Meth coalition

o Peer to peer youth program

• Small town philosophy – help each other, all in this together

• DES program information by department

• Acknowledge/understand resources

• Mental health resources strong

o Az children; Horizon; Wellness Center – San Carlos reservation

• Private sector – businesses small and large

o Mines and their support of community programs

• Food banks

• Community network teams

• Higher education locally

• Craft people & workers

• Sheriff’s office – Survival Guide

• Help Center – 24 hour hotline – community food bank

• Medical community

• Beauty and natural resources: tourism, lake, forest service

• Faith-based community

• Law enforcement

• Safe home (Domestic Violence shelter)

• Youth – Gila county courts; youth support and scholarships

• Community stability – long time residents

• Rural Teens in Action

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Gaps and potential opportunities

• Community awareness – education

• Comprehensive resource listing w/contact information

• Educators at this meeting

• Elected officials at this meeting

• Youth and youth opportunities for engagement (they’re bored); link between youth and

adults and programs

• Incentives for rising up to community/family

• Being responsible to take action (for change)

• Support for single parent families; no reward for success

• Programs for prevention/intervention for youth ages 0-5

• Central resource for all program/service information – no one person or entity maintains

all community information

• Awareness/access to information and services

• Transportation: access and affordability; no student transportation; highways

• True rural representation by elected officials

• Aid for seniors

• Services for veterans

The groups were provided with two worksheets. The first was designed to have the

groups develop a poverty-reduction concept that would address a subset of poverty (e.g., food,

shelter, rent/utility assistance, etc.), and provide action plans and outcomes that a network of

community partners could accomplish. The second worksheet was an asset map of the

community network the groups brainstormed as partners who could address their plan

concepts. Each group was provided with a dedicated scribe who took notes on either the

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worksheets or flipcharts (or both). The output of each group is provided in the next section. The

results can be used in subsequent community meetings to continue concentrating on

implementing poverty reduction strategies in Gila County. The following pages summarize the

results of each group’s deliberations.

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Group One

Plan concept (what part of poverty will your networ k address):

Group One proposed a “Survival Exchange” wherein people who are poor but ineligible for

assistance can still receive services in exchange for work. Many poor people fall through the

cracks of human services systems but do not qualify for needed services. Businesses and

agencies could “barter” with people in this category and provide them what they need in

exchange for work in the community. Communication about the program in the community is

essential in addition to recruiting businesses and community organizations to participate.

Proposed action steps that your community network w ill take:

• Develop an information and referral system to match people with businesses and

community organizations.

• Recruit volunteers to develop businesses and organizations that can help the working

poor.

• Recruit mines and other private organizations to help with stipends for workers that want

to participate in the exchange program.

• Match assets of people to organizations and identify untapped resources of people.

• Develop an exchange program resource manual and provide to Audrey Opitz for

distribution.

Outcomes your community network will achieve:

The working poor will use their skills and learn new ones for the good of the community. Such a

program will encourage self-sufficiency and enable the ineligible poor to survive and not depend

on social services systems. Program motto: “I won’t do it for you, I’ll do it with you; I’ll teach you

how.”

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FIGURE 1: GROUP ONE NETWORK MAP

Create Community Networks that can respond to increased d emand (Choose organizations that can mobilize and share resources to address poverty in Gila County. Who will lead the network? What tasks will the network perform?

What outcomes will the network achieve?)

Nonprofit & Faith-based

Organizations

Individuals, Families and/or Associations

Government Agencies

Businesses & Business Groups

POVERTY IN

GILA COUNTY

Subset of Poverty Addressed:

Ineligible Poor

Volunteers (individuals/groups) Community

Service Groups

Exchange personal services for professional services. Repair/maintenance for poverty homes.

Childcare Center

Helping mothers with household services. Utilize individuals’ specialties to build community (e.g., Boys & Girls Club).

Childcare providers (exchange services for services). Respite care services.

Standardized guidelines & flexible delivery of services.

Familiarize/educate with one-stop centers to know where to go to participate in program. Work towards self-sufficiency.

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Group Two


Provide affordable transportation to those in need involving all community groups to determine

how to do so.


• Apply for a grant (through Budweiser at www.twle.org) to fund transportation initiatives.

• Advertise the program heavily and conduct community surveys.

• Develop sliding scale of fees, passes, and donations to subsidize the costs of the

program.


A cost-effective means of transporting individuals at risk and/or unable to access transportation

in Gila County.

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FIGURE 2: GROUP TWO NETWORK MAP

Create Community Networks that can respond to increased d emand

(Choose organizations that can mobilize and share resources to address poverty in Gila County. Who will lead the network? What tasks will the network perform?



Organizations


Government Agencies


POVERTY IN

GILA COUNTY


Transportation


Service Groups

Apache Gold Casino Civic groups who can publish & advertise the schedule at no cost.

San Carlos Apache Tribe--TANF

Gila Community Food Bank Civic groups that can provide advertisements.

DES Gila County Government One-stop Town of Miami Dial-a-ride Veterans’ Affairs All government agencies

Associations cooperating with each other to assist people with transportation.

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Group Three


Educate the community about the multiplicity of human and social services available in Gila

County through community resources such as the Food Bank, WIA, One-Stop, Chamber of

Commerce, Senior Center, and Rural Teens in Action.


• Develop and link community websites

• Spread by word-of-mouth

• Inform employers

• Publicize in schools and throughout the community

• Develop special programs to communicate the message


More community involvement in spreading the word about available human and social services

to include synergy among agencies to utilize available resources to improve the community.

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FIGURE 3: GROUP THREE NETWORK MAP




Organizations


Government Agencies


POVERTY IN

GILA COUNTY


Education for the Community


Service Groups

Chamber of Commerce Food Bank

WIA Senior Center

One-stop Community Services Division Rural Teens in Action

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Group Four


Identify the barriers for accessing human and social services to include reduction of state and

local budgets, benefits, and services, lack of transportation, culture and language barriers, and

the pride of people not willing to accept “hand-outs.”


• Develop a centralized information and referral system that is advertised in multilingual

formats

• Develop an interactive website with easily accessible information (e.g.,

www.benefitscheckup.org)

• Advertise in the media, church bulletins, etc.

• Use P.I.G. and CAP office to advertise services


• Greater community awareness of benefits and services countywide

• Decreased duplication of services

• Families with productive knowledge of community services

• A sense of empowerment for those in need of services

• A 24-hour community services hotline

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FIGURE 4: GROUP FOUR NETWORK MAP




Organizations


Government Agencies


POVERTY IN

GILA COUNTY


Families Accessing Services


Service Groups

Media Chambers of Commerce Hospitals

Churches Pinal/Gila Council for Seniors Food Banks/Clothing Centers Senior Centers

Civic groups Boys & Girls Clubs

Rural Teens in Action RSVP Ombudsman Senior Companion Program

DES/AHCCS/ALTS SSA One-stop

AZ Children’s Association Healthy Families Horizon

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Group Five


Develop a website that provides information about services available to those affected by

poverty. The website should be easily accessible.


• Recruit a technical person responsible for creating the page/site and update it as

needed.

• Engage community support for sustaining the website.


Create a central repository for community and social support services.

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FIGURE 5: GROUP FIVE NETWORK MAP




Organizations


Government Agencies


POVERTY IN

GILA COUNTY


Web-based Service Directory


Service Groups

Globe/Miami Times Website advertisers

Potential advertisers and users who can provide input and feedback.

Can supply information for the website.

Use students and school projects to maintain the website.

Grant funded projects Users who can provide input and feedback.

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Potential Outcomes for Gila County

After each group completed its work, the entire assembly addressed the questions: How will

we measure success in Gila County? In other words, how will the residents of Gila

County know that the initiatives developed in this forum were successful? What are the

potential outcomes of the strategies and action plans developed? The answers are

recorded below.

• 100% employment

• Happier and healthier families

• Public transportation

• A cohesive community that comes together to address its common needs

• Decreased crime

• Better education for everyone

• Less adult and child abuse and neglect

• Human and social services are no longer needed

• Decreased jail population

• Reduction in drug usage

• Decreased domestic violence

• Self-sustaining and expanding human services

• Unity in community efforts and initiatives

• Decreased stigma of families needing assistance

• More community pride overall

• More hope for the future (especially among the youth)

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Workshop Summary

All of the groups accomplished the workshop objective of identifying community assets,

and developing concepts, action plans, and outcomes that could address poverty in Gila

County. The groups focused on several subsets of poverty and explicated specific ideas to

tackle poverty issues in the County. Several of the groups focused on developing a centralized

community information and referral system through websites, 24-hour hotlines, directories etc.,

with a specific focus on educating the community regarding the diversity of services that are

available in Gila County. Other groups focused on transportation and identifying and reducing

the barriers for individuals and families accessing social services. Clearly, Gila County already

has networks and a breadth of community assets on which they capitalize to provide human

services. Several agencies already work well and/or are co-located together to deliver services

as efficiently as possible. The greatest need is communicating and leveraging the services to

deliver them to the broadest population possible. The passion for helping the most vulnerable in

Gila County was quite evident and demonstrates the potential to improve human services

delivery in Gila County.

The outcomes of the meeting can be used in a variety of ways. Ideas generated from

the groups can be tested by the networks and/or coalitions mentioned in the report. Pilot testing

such ideas and measuring results will determine the feasibility of expanding the ideas

countywide. Additionally, human service groups that already meet on a regular basis (such as

the Community Network Team and One-Stop) can undertake some of these initiatives and

improve service delivery rather quickly to meet the burgeoning demand. There is a clear need to

increase the capacity of those providing human services in Gila County. The ideas documented

in this report can be used as a catalyst to generate activity and results that make a difference for

the residents of Gila County.

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Appendix A

The Arizona Community Action Alliance and Department of Economic Security Data and Resource Book has been specifically compiled to support the development of Community Action Program Needs and Assets Assessments for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) programs. In that context, the information contained herein highlights indicators and status related to the CSBG Goals:

Goal 1: Low-income People Become More Self-Sufficient Goal 2: The Conditions in Which Low-Income People Live are improved Goal 3: Low-Income People Own a Stake in Their Community Goal 4 Partnerships among Supporters and Providers of Service to Low-Income

People are achieved Goal 5: Agencies Increase Their Capacity to Achieve Results Goal 6: Low-Income People, Especially Vulnerable Populations, Achieve their Potential

by Strengthening Family and Other Supportive Systems

Data Resources In each CAP service area there are local reports and information that enhance the Needs and Assets Assessment by being able to localize the data and information to the communities and service areas. Other sources used include the following:

U.S. Census Data o U. S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/

Arizona State Agencies

o Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) - http://www.azdhs.gov/ o Arizona Department of Economic Security (ADES)

https://www.azdes.gov/ASPNew/default.asp o Arizona Department of Housing - http://www.housingaz.com/ o Arizona Department of Commerce – County Profiles -

http://www.azcommerce.com/SiteSel/Profiles/County+Profiles.htm

Other Sources o State of Arizona Social Services Block Grant Plan 2007-2008

http://www.pagnet.org/documents/HumanServices/2007- 2008-St-SSBG-PLN.pdf

o U. S. Housing and Urban Development – Shelters and Emergency Housing Arizona - http://www.hud.gov/local/az/homeless/shelters.cfm

o Free and Reduced Lunch by School or District –www.azcentral.com/news/datacenter/freelunches08.html

Head Start Programs – Needs Assessments

The subsequent information represents Gila County specific data taken from the Data and Resource Book (2008). However, Gila County data is not available from the American Community Survey (2007) because the sample size was too small in the county. Data from other surveys and sources is provided.

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Arizona Counties Population Characteristics Source: County and City Data Book: 2007 U.S. Census Bureau; 2005 Data County Foreign-

born population

2000

Person 5 years +

speaking language other than English at home, 200 (percent)

Person 5 years +

residing in same

house in 1995-2000 (percent)

Workers who

drove alone to

work

Households with income of $75,000 or

more

Persons in

Poverty 2004

Persons in

Poverty 2000

Arizona 12.8 25.9 44.3 74.1 20.5 14.6 12.5

Gila 3.6 18.2 54.5 75.5 11.1 18.2 17.8

Community Assets The Community Assets information provides somewhat of an inventory of the assets that exist in the community. Community assets further describes the service area in terms of existing supports and services. Source: http://www.azcommerce.com/SiteSel/Profiles/County+P rofiles.htm

Gila County Employer Employment Type Apache Gold, Globe Casino APS, Globe, Payson Utilities Asarco Inc., Hayden Primary Copper Smelting Asarco Ray Complex, Hayden Copper Ore Mining, Smelting Basha’s, San Carlos Grocery B.J. Cecil Trucking, Claypool Transportation BNP Copper, Miami Copper Ore Mining Cobre Valley Community Hospital, Claypool General Medical, Surgical Hospital Copper Mountain Inn, Globe Skilled Nursing Hospital Freeport-McMoRan, Claypool Copper & gold Mining, Smelting and Rod Plant Fry’s, Globe, Payson Grocery Gila County Government Globe Unified School District, Globe Elementary and Secondary Education Heritage Health Care Center, Globe Skilled Nursing Payson Regional Medical Center, Payson General Medical, Surgical Hospital Manzanita Manor, Payson Skilled Nursing Hospital Mazatzal Casino Tonto Apache Tribe, Payson Casino Miami Unified School District, Miami Elementary and Secondary Education Payson Unified School District, Payson Elementary and Secondary Education Safeway, Globe, Payson Grocery San Carlos Unified School District, San Carlos Elementary and Secondary Education SelectCare, Globe Skilled Nursing Town of Payson Government Wal-Mart Superstore, Globe, Payson Retail

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Gila County Employer Employment Type U. S. Forest Service, Globe, Payson Government Child Care Services Source: Arizona Department of Economic Security, Child Care Administration, September 2008.

County Number of DES Certified Homes

Pinal and Gila Counties (District V) 103

Child Care Centers, School Child Care and Small Gro up Homes by County

ARS 36-881. Definitions "Child care facility" means any facility in which child care is regularly provided for compensation for five or more children not related to the proprietor. "Child care facility" means any facility in which child care is regularly provided for compensation for five or more children not related to the proprietor. ARS 36-881

ARS 36-897. Definition "Child care group home" means a residential facility in which child care is regularly provided for compensation for periods of less than twenty-four hours per day for not less than five children but no more than ten children through the age of twelve years.

County / City

Number of Child

Care Centers

Child Care

Center Capacity

Number of Child

Care Public School

Child Care

Public School

Capacity

Number of Child

Care Small Group Homes

Child Care Small Group Home

Capacity

Total All

Total All Capacity

Gila 14 835 5 292 7 65 26 1,192 Source: Child Care Centers and Small Group Homes by Zip Code – run date Friday, August 01, 2008 – printout - Arizona Department of Health Services web site www.azdhs.gov, Office of Licensing and Certification.

Unemployment Rates - 2007

Unemployment Rate Arizona 3.8% Gila County 4.3%

Arizona County / City Profiles - Arizona Department of Commerce – County / City Profiles – Source: http://www.azcommerce.com/SiteSel/Profiles/County+P rofiles.htm

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Income and Earnings by Industry Arizona County / City Profiles - Arizona Department of Commerce – County / City Profiles – Source: http://www.azcommerce.com/SiteSel/Profiles/County+P rofiles.htm 2007 Employment by Occupation- Average Wages

Gila County Occupation Employment Average Wages

Office and Administrative Support 2,000 $13.47 Food Preparation & Serving Related 1,750 $9.51 Construction & Extraction 1,390 $16.63 Sales & Related 1,310 $13.40 Education, Training and Library 770 $15.84 Transportation & Material Moving 770 $14.13 Management 660 $30.10 Personal Income and Earnings by Industries, Earning s by Place of Work, 2005, Percent by Selected Major Industries

State / County

Construction Percent

Retail Trade

Percent

Professional and Technical Services Percent

Health care and Social

Assistance Percent

Government Percent

ARIZONA 9.6% 8.3% 7.6% 9.3% 16.5% Gila 8.0 8.9 (NA) 11.0 34.6 Source: County and City Data Book: 2007, 14th Edition, A Statistical Abstract Supplement, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration AHCCCS Eligibility REPORT ID: HP07M088 ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM PAGE: -1-PROGRAM #: HP07L078 ACUTE & ALTCS ENROLLMENT SUMMARY REPORT RUN: 05/30/08AS OF 06/01/08 16:44. Totals on this report (HP07M088) are for capitated (no fee for service – FFS) Plans only. County TOTAL Acute Care – Including

KidsCare TOTAL Long Term

Care ACUTE AND

LTC GILA 8188 423 8611

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Food and Nutrition

Food Stamp Program Enrollment

Table 6 Food Stamp Program – April 2008 County Households Persons Total Coupon

Issuance Average Allot /

Household

Average Allot / Person

ARIZONA 259,001 626,555 63,035,595 243.38 100.61 GILA 3,683 8,524 862,842 234.28 101.23 Source: State of Arizona, Department of Economic Security, Family Assistance Administration, Statistical Bulletin, April, 2008, Phone: (602) 542-3678, http://www.azdes.gov/faa/Statistics.asp

TANF Enrollment

TANF SUMMARY – April 2008 County FAMILIES

(CASES)

Persons (RECIP.)

ADULTS

CHILDREN

TOTAL PAYMENTS

AVERAGE PAYMENT/ CASE

AVERAGE PAYMENT/ RECIP.

ARIZONA 36,295 77,989 18,695 59,294 9,556,294 263.30 122.53 GILA 673 1,361 449 912 175,334 260.53 128.83 Source: State of Arizona, Department of Economic Security, Family Assistance Administration, Statistical Bulletin, April, 2008, Phone: (602) 542-3678, http://www.azdes.gov/faa/Statistics.asp

Table 1 Cash Assistance – April 2008 County FAMILIES

(CASES)

Persons (RECIP.)

ADULTS

CHILDREN

TOTAL PAYMENTS


AVERAGE PAYMENT/ RECIP.

ARIZONA 34,821 73,754 17,134 56,620 9,231,713 265.12 125.17

GILA 638 1,261 390 871 165,182 258.91 130.99 Source: State of Arizona, Department of Economic Security, Family Assistance Administration, Statistical Bulletin, April, 2008, Phone: (602) 542-3678, http://www.azdes.gov/faa/Statistics.asp

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TANF Unemployed Parent Program

Table 1A Cash Assistance – Unemployed Parent Progra m - April 2008 County FAMILIES

(CASES)

Persons (RECIP.)

ADULTS

CHILDREN

TOTAL PAYMENTS


AVERAGE PAYMENT/ RECIPIENT

ARIZONA 790 2,848 1,183 1,665 275,449 348.67 96.72 GILA 29 91 54 37 9,627 331.97 105.79 Source: Department of Economic Security, Family Assistance Administration, Statistical Bulletin, April, 2008, http://www.azdes.gov/faa/Statistics.asp

General Assistance Enrollment

Table 2 General Assistance – April 2008 County Number of

Cases Persons (Recip.)

Total Payments

Average Payment/Case

Average Payment / Recip.

ARIZONA 1,398 1,403 212,776 152.20 151.66

GILA 32 32 4,496 140.50 140.50

Source: State of Arizona, Department of Economic Security, Family Assistance Administration, Statistical Bulletin, April, 2008, Phone: (602) 542-3678, http://www.azdes.gov/faa/Statistics.asp

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Service Organizations This is NOT a comprehensive list of organizations and must be supplemented with local information. Gila

County

Organization

Name/Address/Phone

Service Name

Gila County Cap PO Box 1254 Globe, AZ 85502 928-425-3281

Gila County Community Action Program (CAP)

Emergency Assistance - Globe Phone Number: 928-425-7631


Emergency Assistance - Payson Phone Number: 928-474-1759


Utility Repair, Replacement and Deposit (URRD) Program - Globe Phone Number: 928-425-7631

Veterans Helping Veterans 212 W Wade Lane Payson, AZ (928) 474-3920

Transitional/Men/Women/Veterans housing and services

San Carlos Behavioral Health San Carlos, AZ (928) 475-2371

Counseling/Shelter/Referral/Follow-Up/Men/Women

Gila County Community Action Program 107 W. Frontier Street #C Payson, AZ (928) 474-1759

Homeless Services

Gila County Community Action Program P.O. Box 1254 Globe, AZ (928) 425-3281

Homeless Services

Gila County Ministerial Association 1284 S. Skyline Drive Globe, AZ (928) 425-2422

Homeless Services

Salvation Army P.O. Box 1743 Globe, AZ (928) 425-4011

Homeless Services

Southern Gila County Safe Home P.O. Box 1543 Globe, AZ 85502

Homeless Services

St. Vincent de Paul 143 S. Broad Street/Holy Angels Church Globe, AZ (928) 425-3137

Homeless Services

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Gila

County

Organization

Name/Address/Phone

Service Name

Time Out Shelter P.O. Box 306 Payson, AZ (928) 472-8007

Homeless Shelter

CVCT (Cobre Valley Community Transit) (unofficial)

Transportation Services

Sources for County Data: Arizona Transportation Options – apta.com/gasprices/AZ.htm AZDES, Office of Community Partnerships and Innovative Practices- :https://egov.azdes.gov/CMSInternet/main.aspx?menu=34&id=856 http://az211.communityos.org/tax/framestax.taf?function=search&_UserReference=7F000001471A1A6B04CBE30BDBAD4891F48A U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development - http://www.hud.gov/local/az/homeless/sheltersinfo.cfm

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Appendix B Workshop Participants

Participant Organization Estelle Belarde Housing Judy Smith Christine Lopez Jendean Sartain Dorine Prine Patricia Campos Breena York Chris Anfang Globe Sr. Center Wendy Bolinger Arbor Ed & Training Bessie Bennett PGCSC

George Perkins Wheatfields Baptist Church

Gloria Robertson Gila Aging Services Dennis Stevenson DES LaVeta Stemm Gila Aging Services Melodee Hobbs Shawn Tangway DES CCA Keziah Maxfield Liberty High School Jeanette Shapiro GCSO Howard Shapiro GCSO Margret Celix CCR&R Carol Handy Elk’s RL Chavez REVP-CAAG Mary O’Donnell Chamber Teresa Delcampo AZYP Julie Craig AZYP Shana Schenck CVCH Rose Ann Garcia CVCH Eva Cook First Things First Bernadine Ruiz SCAT-TANF Rebecca Jennings AAA-Pinal/Gila

Audrey Ortiz Gila Community Food Bank

Documents

ACAA Gila County Report finalxterm:name]/[node... · Gila County Changing Face of Poverty Awareness Workshop June 10 th, 2009 Conducted by: Gila County Housing Services Community