ECKAN requests your participation in completing this 10-minute anonymous survey to help us better serve you and your community. https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5297771/2019-ECKAN-Needs-Assessment Please complete the survey by Friday, November 15. If you prefer a paper survey, each ECKAN site will offer them. The information you provide is anonymous; results from all participants will be combined and shared with the…Read More→
Office space at 1320 S. Ash, basement office with elevator access. 1065 sq. ft. of space, reception area and offices. $1,500 a month (includes utilities) and is immediately available. Call 785-242-7450 to schedule an appointment to view space.
“Going back to feeling hopeless and beaten down is not on my list of goals.” When Meredith Harbison enrolled in 2017 in ECKAN’s ReStart Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program, offered through the Housing Choice Voucher program, she was struggling financially and was ready for a change. Teresia Templeton, Meredith’s ReStart case manager in Franklin County,…Read More→
Effective September 3, ECKAN County Community Centers will change hours. New hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-Noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. in Anderson, Douglas, Franklin, Miami, and Osage counties Monday through Wednesday, Friday 9 a.m.-Noon and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. in Lyon County Monday, Wednesday 8:30-11:30 and Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 1:30-4:30 in Coffey County Thursday 9-Noon, 1-4 in Morris County …Read More→
Volunteers clean ECKAN food storage area at Don Woodward Community Center after Aug. 1 flood, the second this summer. Ottawa— ECKAN’s Franklin County Community Center, 517 E. 3rd St., in the flooded Don Woodward Community Center, is closed. ECKAN is temporarily providing services from its central office at 1320 S. Ash, Ottawa. Hours are 8-noon, 1-5 until…Read More→
Ottawa—ECKAN services at the Don Woodward ORC Center, 517 E. 3rd St. Ottawa, which was flooded this week for the second time this summer, will change as follows: 5-9, Noon, Summer Lunch Bunch moved to the Goppert Building, 705 W. 15th St. The Franklin County Community Center has relocated to ECKAN Central Office, 1320 S….Read More→
“Ellen,” mother to three teens, participates in our Douglas County Stepping Stones case management program and is making financial progress. But last month Ellen couldn’t pay her large monthly catch up electric payment. ECKAN staff pooled help from ECKAN, a church, another nonprofit and @One Hundred Good Women so Ellen could pay the bill and…Read More→
ECKAN services at the Don Woodward Community Center, 517 E. 3rd St. Ottawa, will resume on a staggered basis. Staff and volunteers need time to clean and reorganize after the building was flooded June 22 and 23. ECKAN services will reopen: Monday, July 1: ECKAN Summer Lunch Bunch only at noon Tuesday, July 2: ECKAN…Read More→