903-218-6400
3800 Stone Road
Kilgore, TX 75662
Fiscal Year 2024
Rusk County Solutions Report
With the leadership and guidance of our Board, Executive Committee, and Advisory Committees, we are hard at work to serve East Texas and provide regional solutions. This report offers information and stats on how we served the community in the Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1 - September 30) through our service agencies. It has been our pleasure to serve Rusk County!
Grants Allocated
$75K in grants were funded within the county to help build strong communities, improve public safety, and/or minimize solid waste
Public Safety
$1.8K was invested to train peace officers and strengthen public safety initiatives
Senior Services
326 seniors received services through our Area Agency on Aging to meet the social, nutritional, educational, and logistic needs of residents
Transportation
3.7K public transit trips were provided through GoBus to help residents get to where they need to go
Workforce Development
970 job seekers and employers were served by Workforce Solutions East Texas, and $1.18M went to families within the county to subsize their child care
Grants Allocated Within Your County
Working with local, state, and federal partners, ETCOG assists with prioritizing and administering important grants in our region. The following grants were awarded this fiscal year for solid waste minimization, public safety, and/or economic development initiatives.
- $75,000
– TWC High Demand Job Training Grant (Henderson EDC & Henderson ISD Partnered Project)
Public Safety
ETCOG assists the region with public safety planning to help our local communities and first responders coordinate resources and training.
138
Peace officers were trained
$1.8K
Invested for officer training
Senior Services
ETCOG administers the Area Agency on Aging of East Texas, utilizing state and federal funding to help seniors with information and referral assistance, benefits counseling, legal assistance, care coordination and caregiver support. We also coordinate in-home support, legal awareness, nutrition and ombudsman services.
326
Seniors received services
200
Seniors received home delivered or congregate meal services
10.5K
Senior meals served
1.5K
Sponsored GoBus trips
for seniors
59
Individuals received nutrition education services
46
Received benefits counseling services
7
Seniors assisted with information and referral services
$31K
Funded in case management services
Transportation
We provide safe, reliable, and friendly transit services to East Texas through GoBus, a rural, demand response public transit system.
3,758
GoBus trips
$183.5K
Invested in trips
53,222
Population served
Workforce Development
By offering a trained, first-class workforce, we can attract employers and make a difference in the economy and quality of life in East Texas. ETCOG administers Workforce Solutions East Texas, which delivers no-cost retruitment and employment services to businesses and job seekers in the region.
543
Workforce center visits and calls
427
Employers received assistance
$40.1K
Invested in employment training for job seekers
5.7K
Job openings worked
80
Unemployment claimants served
415
Unemployment claimants entered employment
373
Customers received Child Care Services
$1.18M
Invested in providing child care, enabling families to work or receive training
$36.6K
Invested in child care quality improvement
21
Daycare staff received training
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