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Chief Executive Officer

YES WE CAN

 

We are one of the most diverse non-profit organizations in our 9-county service area.  As we pursue our vision of Helping People; Changing Lives, we will work toward sustainable communities.

 

We will continue to be innovative and grow in exciting new directions that will help those who we work with to become self-sufficient and have a sense of community.

 

We will do this while maintaining  our core programs. 

 

We will  also support efforts at the national level to reduce poverty by 50% in ten years. To this end, we believe that state and federal governments have a responsibility and role to play in the elimination of  poverty.   

 

At a minimum the following must take place:

· Promote  decent  work and ensure economic security

· Help people build wealth

· Find ways to increase family stability

· Increase  investment in education and training

· Ensure healthy people and places

· Use the resources, experience, and knowledge that we have to eliminate poverty in our state and country

· Ensure health care for those who need it

· Affordable daycare

· Progressive tax policies that will benefit lower and middle  income taxpayers  by asking everybody to pay their fair share

· Revise the federal poverty guidelines to make them more relevant in today’s economy

 

Finally, we call for the creation of a statewide poverty commission to engage in a study of  causes and  conditions of poverty in Kansas, and how poverty might be reduced by 2018.  Members of the commission should be appointed by the Governor, be bipartisan, and include a cross section of Kansans.

 

Three of the goals of the commission should be:

· create and sustain a bipartisan and constructive environment in the state legislature to discuss issues and policy solutions for Kansas’ poorest families  and  communities,

· explore typical and innovative poverty reduction solutions and initiatives that could serve as models for Kansas  communities, and

· create a state policy environment in which to engage families, communities, and institutions in developing comprehensive policy solutions for struggling Kansas families and     communities.

 

As an agency and community, we must continue to be a catalyst for change.

Helping people; changing lives.

ECKAN

East Central Kansas Economic

Opportunity Corporation

Helping People Changing Lives