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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
Plan concept (what part of poverty will your networ k address):
Provide affordable transportation to those in need involving all community groups to determine
how to do so.
Proposed action steps that your community network w ill take:
• 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.
Outcomes your community network will achieve:
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?
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:
Transportation
Volunteers (individuals/groups) Community
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
Plan concept (what part of poverty will your networ k address):
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.
Proposed action steps that your community network w ill take:
• 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
Outcomes your community network will achieve:
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
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:
Education for the Community
Volunteers (individuals/groups) 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
Plan concept (what part of poverty will your networ k address):
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.”
Proposed action steps that your community network w ill take:
• 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
Outcomes your community network will achieve:
• 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
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:
Families Accessing Services
Volunteers (individuals/groups) Community
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
Plan concept (what part of poverty will your networ k address):
Develop a website that provides information about services available to those affected by
poverty. The website should be easily accessible.
Proposed action steps that your community network w ill take:
• Recruit a technical person responsible for creating the page/site and update it as
needed.
• Engage community support for sustaining the website.
Outcomes your community network will achieve:
Create a central repository for community and social support services.
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FIGURE 5: GROUP FIVE 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:
Web-based Service Directory
Volunteers (individuals/groups) Community
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/ CASE
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/ CASE
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
Gila County Community Action Program (CAP)
Emergency Assistance - Payson Phone Number: 928-474-1759
Gila County Community Action Program (CAP)
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
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