Edgerton Community Outreach

The food pantry provides a nutritious 2 week supply of canned goods and fresh/frozen food items to supplement a household's food budget. Requests for assistance increased throughout 2023. For the first half of 2023 approximately 50 households visited the pantry. That number grew to 75 households towards the end of 2023. Annually the pantry serves nearly 500 individuals. The food program provides two community meals each year, one on Thanksgiving and one on Christmas Eve. 500 meals are served at each meal. Both meals are open to all in the community and are also free to all that attend. Additionally, the program provided 3,636 meals for 82 children (4 meals per week) during the summer through the Summer Lunch in the Park Feeding Program, 1,180 meals for 26 students each weekend throughout the school year, and more than 600 meals each week through the Snack Pack Breakfast program at Edgerton's schools.

There are three housing programs. Grant revenues and donations allow Edgerton Community Outreach to provide single month and multiple ' rent assistance to people facing the risk of becoming homeless. In 2023 and 2022 14 households were assisted each year with a one month rent payment to help them avoid eviction. The agency also operates 6 units of Transitional Housing. Participants are able to stay in this program for up to 18 months while they work with their case manager on life skills to help them increase their income as well as their level of self-sufficiency. In 2023 the agency was able to help 39 households (85 people) with motel vouchers through funding provided from Covid-19 efforts.

The Emergency Services Program includes transportation assistance (gas vouchers and car repairs), energy assistance, prescription assistance, and referral services. In 2023 and 2022, over 646 individuals from 218 households benefited from the program.