People with low incomes are engaged and active in building opportunities in communities.
Core Principals
- Recognize the complexity of the issues of poverty
- Build local solutions specific to local needs
- Support family stability as a foundation of economic security
- Advocate for systemic change
- Pursue positive individual, family, and community-level change
- Maximize the involvement of people with low incomes
- Engage local community partners and citizens in solutions
- Leverage state, federal, and community resources
Community Input
CSBG Public Hearing, May 10, 2022, Noon
Community Survey Results
Facebook Ad Cost: The ads ran on Facebook and Instagram from April 11, 2022 – to April 20, 2022, for $143.17. This ad reached 10,627 people; The ad had 13 Reactions/Comments. The ad resulted in 259 Link Clicks. Of those, 259 and only 34 took the survey, a 13% response rate.
The 2023 Community Feedback CSBG Funding Survey had 34 respondents; 17.65% or 6 were from Hot Springs County, and 82.35% or 28 were from Park County.
- The survey respondents made up multiple sectors of the communities 73.53% identified as community members. We had 26.47% individuals identified as public sector, 23.53% as low-income, 44.12% as seniors 65+, 5.88% as disabled, 17.65% as representing non-profits, and 5.88% identified as representing government, and none designated as elected public officials. Respondents could mark more than one sector.
Respondents ranked the domains for CSBG funding in the following order:
- total score for housing was 3.38
- total score for employment was 3.27
- total score for health was 3.23
- The total score for services supporting multiple domains was 3.13
- total score for education was 2.20
Community Partnerships
Our programs and services were developed with the involvement of our community partners and citizens, finding solutions to specific local poverty needs. Our programs support family stability as the foundation for economic security and case management from our community partners to pursue positive individual and family level change.