Top 20 Services from May 2011

Here are the Top 20 Services from the May event (some service providers did not report numbers).

Project Connect Top 20 Services

201 Housing Discrimination
148 Housing
121 Portraits
119 Asthma Education
108 Emergency Food Services
96 Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Prevention
96 Blood Pressure
96 Blood Sugar
73 First Aid Kits
73 Haircuts
71 Health Tips
68 Information & Service Referrals
66 Library
65 Birth Certificates/IDs
63 Resumes/Interviews
61 People w/Disability Employment
60 Kids Fingerprinting
54 Hearing Screening
46 GED Pre-Registration
46 Parenting Skills

Want to support a particular service? Send us an email and we'll connect you with the organization: projectconnect@haltpoverty.org

Service Counts from 2010-2011

Here is a summary of the service counts from the 2010 and 2011 Project Connect events. Blank fields were either not reported or the service was not available.

Service Counts by Event	May-11	Nov-10	May-10
Basic Needs	575	940	369
Birth Certificates/IDs	65	71	175
Disability Information and Advocacy	20
Domestic Violence Resources/Child Abuse Prevention	32	32
Emergency Food Services	108
Food Assistance		555
Footcare		55	61
Free Food Program		1
Free Kids Shoes	46
Housing	148	131	102
Information & Service Referrals	68
Mending Center	15	18
MIPPA Applications		18	15
Service Referrals		3
SSI/SSDI Benefits Pre-Screenings	36	46
Veterans Services	8	10	16
Youth Services	29
Children's Services	182	203	214
Baby Items		47
Children's Medical Services	17	3
Development Appropriate Play		38
Developmental Screenings		7	16
DHS Applications		30	23
Free Youth Summer Camp	20
Head Start	27	10	13
Infant Toddler Growth & Development	46		72
Kids Fingerprinting	60	58	85
WIC	12	10	5
Educational	688	324	231
Adult Reading Tutoring	11		17
Asthma Education	119
College Applications	12	45	25
Domestic Violence Resources/Child Abuse Prevention	96
Food Preparation: Easy, Tasty, Healthy	36
GED Pre-Registration	46	34	43
Housing Discrimination	201	127
Legal Aid	34		55
Library	66	79	73
Parenting Skills	46	16
Poision Prevention		4
Spanish Classes		6
Voter Registration/Voting Questions	21	13	18
Employment	124	129	73
Employment		63
People w/Disability Employment	61
Resumes/Interviews	63	45	18
Temporary Employment Applications		21	55
Financial	39	11	67
Consumer Protection	39
Insurance			67
Tax Foreclosure Prevention		11
Housing	31	32
Foreclosure Prevention	18
Homebuyer Education	13	32
Medical	626	438	518
Blood Pressure	96	25	150
Blood Sugar	96	73	150
Dental	23	54
Diabetic Solutions	14
First Aid Kits	73
Health Insurance (0-18)	40	3
Health Tips	71	24
Hearing Screening	54	25	36
HIV Testing	25	20
Medication Review	46	15	15
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Screenings	30	22	31
Optical Health Screenings	32	66	102
Vaccines	26	111	34
Personal	255	146	398
Banking and Insurance	4	2
Banking Needs/Credit Repair	30	25	8
Haircuts	73	90	219
Life Coaching	27
Portraits	121		171
Tutoring		29
Grand Total	2520	2223	1870

Demographic Data from Nov 2010 vs. May 2011

Here are some charts of Project Connect participants demographic information - income, household, employment and where sleeping that night. Note: income level not asked prior to May 2011.

Kalamazoo Neighborhood Poverty vs. Project Connect Attendee

We're trying to reach more community members who might benefit from the services offered at Project Connect. The chart below shows the number of people in poverty in the City of Kalamazoo's neighborhoods (calculated from city-data.com percentages) vs. the number of Project Connect May 2011 attendees from those neighborhoods.

Where the red line doesn't align with the green line - we need your help with outreach in those neighborhoods, especially the Vine area. Contact Kelcie Douglas at the poverty reduction initiative by email at povertysimulation@haltpoverty.org or call 269.615.1383. She's scheduling breakfast meetings for August.