Easter Seals of Greater Houston
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
ESGH is working with Veterans, current Military, people with disabilities and their families to ensure that they receive ALL of the compliment of life-changing services we offer - from baby through adulthood - to ensure that they have received all the tools they need to live as strong an independent lives as they can achieve.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Transition Services
Transition Services includes HighSchool/HighTech & Transition. HighSchool/HighTech is a community-based partnership of parents, educators and business representatives working together to encourage at risk high school students with any type of disability to explore the fields of science, engineering and technology, graduate and pursue secondary education/employment through skills building, mentoring (RAMP), job training, site visits and more. 99% of our students graduate and 98% go on to college and/or employment. Transition Services offering a full range of services for youth with autism and co-occurring mental illness; Vocational training through DARS for people with all disabilities.
Camps, Veterans & Case Management
Services offered to families and clients at center and outreach locations include BridgingApps.org, Toy Tech Adaptive Toy Library, 6 full weeks of Camp (Day and Away), Case Management, Play Groups, gymboree, pet therapy, yoga, dance, and karate. Veterans services include case management and service dogs.
Housing Initiative
Home of Your Own assists low-income adults with disabilities or a family with a child with a disability realize the dream of owning their first home through downpayment assistance, modification assistance, counseling, financial literacy, BANK ON and homebuyers education. In addition, we provide rental referral to those not qualifed to own their own homes.
ECI Infant Program
Infant Program provides comprehensive Early Childhood Intervention Services for children from birth to age three years including physical, occupational, speech and vision therapy as well as case management, nutrition and other services. After the age of three clients are referred into our Children's Therapy Services Program. We have recently been awarded more territories including ALL of Liberty County, Montgomery County and the Brazos Valley and have expanded our traditional areas from Ft Bend and Harris county into the NW areas of Greater Houston.
Respite
Respite Services provides many short-term relief options to parents who provide ongoing care of their family member who has a disability. Caregivers of people with disabilities are highly at risk for substance abuse, job absenteeism, depression and similar issues. Children with disabilties are 3 times more likely to be abused or neglected than typically developing children-Respite works to address these stresses and help families maintain a healthy physical and emotional environment.
Where we work
Awards
Community Health Leader 2006
Robert Woods Johnson Foundation
Best Places to Work 2012
Houston Chronicle
Top Charity 2012
Houston Business Journal
Verizon Powerful Answers 2014
Verizon Powerful Answers
MaKenzie Scott 2020
MacKenzie Scott
Affiliations & memberships
United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast 1947
Association of Fundraising Professionals 1996
United Way Montgomery County 2002
Americorps 2003
Disability Policy Consortium 2003
Affiliate/Chapter of National Organization (i.e. Girl Scouts of the USA, American Red Cross, etc.) - Affiliate/chapter 2011
Better Business Bureau Awards of Excellent 2020
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of children with a disability supported to live at home
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities, Veterans
Related Program
ECI Infant Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
in 2023 we served more than 15,000 families with a child (adult or younger). 7,662 of those children were 0 to 36 months in our Early Childhood Intervention Program. A record!
Number of children with disabilities receiving early intervention services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
People with disabilities
Related Program
ECI Infant Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
2nd largest in the state- Serving Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, & Liberty Counties & The Brazos Valley.
Number of people who received clinical mental health care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Veterans, People with disabilities
Related Program
Camps, Veterans & Case Management
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Services continue to grown for our Veteran/Military Mental Health Services. We have added mental health supports for caregivers of young children with disabilities as well.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our programs and services work to help people of all ages, with any type of disability and Veterans/Military achieve their highest levels of physical, cognitive and social development so they can live as fully participating members of our community. When possible, we work with the entire family so that both the person with a disability and their family have the resources they need to thrive.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
By leveraging other community resources, working not to duplicate service provided by other organizations, volunteers and requiring accountability and excellence from our staff we are able to provide efficient and effective services.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
In the past 18 years, the agency has grown an average of over 10% a year through a combination of mergers of small non-profits, growth of core services and the addition of new and innovative programs. Our senior staff has both the tenure and credentials to manage the compliance requirements of our funding sources and service delivery needs of our clients.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
A national study showed that less than 3% of charitable giving is to organizations serving people with disabilities in spite of the fact that 1 in 5 Americans lives with a disability. We have expanded our programs, but do not have the resources needed to invest in new impactful programs. We are a proud recipient of the historic MacKenzie Scott 2020 giving - one of 384 national non profits vetted by a team of experts and highlighted for our work with historically marginalized communities. The 7MM gift was the largest ever received by ESGH and will allow us to provide infrastructure never before afforded to the agency. We are also extremely proud to have added Veterans Services including mental health for all family members, service dogs and other support. We have been the lead in the Texas Veterans + Family Alliance Collaborative for the past five years through Texas Health & Human Services. In our 75+ year history, we have provided life changing services to hundreds of thousands of people in the greater Houston area – with over 14,500 families served in 2021, in addition to CoVid19 Pandemic Recovery serving over 10,000.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
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Easter Seals of Greater Houston
Board of directorsas of 01/25/2024
Mrs. Elizabeth DeLuca
Mother, Volunteer, Advocate
Term: 2018 - 2022
Butch Bouchard
Team Inc
Mick Cantu
Methodist Hospital
Elizabeth DeLuca
Volunteer
Rochelle Dy
TCH
Dan Kroll
Wells Fargo Advisors
Michael Peters
Locke Lord
Aloysia Schwabe
Baylor College Of Medicine
Katherine Taylor Dowdell
Holly Hall
Clark Varner
Accenture
Collen O'Brien
Mac DeLaup
Genny Winter
Shell Oil
Donna Perillo
Perillo Designs
Fiona Guinn
Kristen Habich
JPMorgan
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.