East Central Ministries

Community programming - case managers supported over 150 people with needs in behavior health, housing and health care and education. - casa shalom housing co-op remodeled four units and three new families move into affordable housing units. - youth tutoring and preschool supported the learning of 26 children four days per week. - one hope clinic supported 1345 health and medical visits. - food co-op continued to provide healthy food five days per week supporting hundreds of families. - growing awareness urban farm supported 6 community and school gardens while continuing to develop the la mesa garden park and a medicinal herb garden. Community organizing - ecm helped lead 9 other local service provider non-profits (id collective) to improve all organizational capacity, coordination, outcomes and larger community strategies. - ecm helped lead monthly id community organizing potlucks (averaging 50 people) which focused larger strategies for food access and affordable housing. Organizational restructuring ecm leadership facilitated an extensive organizational evaluation with the focus on mission clarity and purpose, pressing community needs, and organizational leadership and financial capacity. In the 4th quarter of 2023, ecm re-aligned mission and some programs in order to build capacity for a larger international district community ecosystem re- development strategy with identifying over 300 vacant and abandoned lots for future affordable housing, greenspace and community ownership in a new id/se community land trust that ecm will help facilitate. Leadership began organizing political and community leaders in this effort. Ecms evaluation also revealed difficulty in continued management of its direct service programs. Case management programming was shut down as contracts ended in the summer. In november, ecm board approved the negotiations and ownership transfer of one hope clinic to unmh office of community health to happen jan. 1, 2024 with ecm continuing to provide a supportive role in the first part of 2024 with its facility use.