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Welcome to Elm
City Center!
Providing
services to people with disabilities since 1959
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A Community
Based Agency Providing Work, Vocational, Residential and Social Services |
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- We help people with
disabilities be independent and live in the community.
- We serve over 200 people a day.
- We have over 100,000 square feet of production space with 9 docks
and over $500,000 of shrink-wrap packaging equipment. Our customers are in
retail stores through out North America. We can provide
specialized packaging in almost any volume.
- We offer certified confidential shredding for documents.
- We have residential programs throughout Jacksonville.
- We have been nationally
accredited by CARF since 1972.
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- It is our 50th anniversary - Back in 1959 three enterprising
teachers saw a need to help people in Jacksonville and started Elm City on
a wing and a prayer. After the hard work of many people over all those
years, here we are today. Three major events were held:
- Invitation dinner for 300 people who have helped ECC become what it
is today. Former Board members, retired staff, families and people
served by ECC today, staff, customers, Senator Demuzio, Representative
Watson, and many more came to celebrate.
- Open house at Elm City. Over 300 people attended.
- Mark McDonald with WSEC's Illinois Stories came and filmed an
episode that is showing on Public Television stations around Illinois.
It is a great show. DVD copies of the show were given to everyone who
had a speaking part, had significant screen time, and our customers. DVD can be purchased
from WSEC Network Knowledge
for $19.95. Give them a pledge too. Great people to work with. This
project would not have happened without the support and effort of Keith
Bradbury of Franklin Bank and Dr. Peter Russotto, the chair of our Board
of Directors. Thank you Keith and Peter.
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It's Pancake and Sausage Time On March
8,
2010 Jacksonville Kiwanis is rolling with all the pancakes and sausage you
can eat McClelland Hall on the MacMurray
College campus. On any year we serve about 6,000 meals and raise about $25,000.
100% of that money will be given away to social service groups in the
Morgan County area. It's a big operation and over 200 people volunteer
their time to help. Tickets available at Elm City. $6 ahead of time and $7
at the door. The Elm City AKtion Club which is associated with
Jacksonville Kiwanis will be there working the room.
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- ILLINOIS FACING SEVERE FUNDING ISSUE - Revenue forecasts for
Illinois are significantly below targets and as a result State payments
are about $4 Billion behind where they should be. Payments to providers is
hitting 4 months and projections from the Comptroller's office is
estimating payments could rise to 5-6 months. This is causing many
community service providers to have severe cash flow problems. Just
because the state does not pay on time does not stop employee payroll,
utilities, and other operating costs from needing top ne paid. Agencies
are getting lines of credit with the associated bills just to pay
their bills. For more details go to the
web pages for The Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability and The
Office of Illinois State Comptroller. This is a huge issue that is not
going away for a long time. As the state's economy changes so will it's
ability to pay it's bills. As the stock market has dropped, gambling has
dropped, basic tax collections have dropped, and the public holds back on
purchases, the availability of funds to pay program will remain
questionable.
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