1115 Summer Street, Burlington, IA 52601.
Ph: (319) 671-7152
Email: info@self-reliance-inc.com
Get to Know The Self Reliance Group (The Group)
In 2014, The Self Reliance Group, a community-focused nonprofit, was organized in Burlington, IA. Local founders Patrick Williams and Mitchell Taylor hired The Group's first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in May of 2023. The CEO is responsible to the nine (9) member Board of Directors which serves as the governing authority. Inquiries about The Self Reliance Group should be directed to the CEO.
Office: (319) 671-7152; Cell: (319) 850-5743;
1st Annual Community Fundraising Event!
Join us on Saturday, October 12th from 5PM-8PM for a Charity Game Night!
Featuring: dinner from La Tavola, raffles, silent auction, cash bar, bake sale, & casino-style games.
All funds raised will benefit The Self Reliance Group. See the flyer attached below for more details.
August 2024
Thank You Brueck Construction for becoming a Sustaining Sponsor of The Self Reliance Group! Your contributions allow for the continued research, development, implementation & advocacy of/for local resources aligned with our organizational mission, vision & values.
Donate TODAY to help advance The Self Reliance Group's work in our community. Click the button below to view The Group's fundraising brochure detailing area business sponsorship & promotional opportunities. All sponsorship & promotional packages must be discussed directly with the CEO ahead of finalization & implementation.
Strategic Initiatives
What is The Group doing today?
How will that help the community tomorrow?
Building Community Partnerships
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Identify area-specific community resources and organizations
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Learn about the array of regional services offered and identify current gaps in access
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Meet, greet and engage people and organizations in the community aligned with The Group's mission
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Identify opportunities to collaborate and encourage engagement
Identifying Opportunities to Develop Health Care Services
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Identify local providers and their services offered for direct health care services
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Identify largest barriers to accessing health care services
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Organize, collaborate, & leverage community partnership & connections to develop sustainable systems that work to meet & fill the current health care access gap in Southeast Iowa
Creating & Developing Community Programming
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Develop, plan & host community events to introduce The Group to the Community
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Share The Group's mission & provide opportunities for the community to join in pursuit of the vision
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Communicating the community value of increased access to mental health care services
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Introducing & framing health care as a community good
The Newsroom - Helping the Community Tomorrow
The Newsroom is where all Self Reliance Group news is housed. From past newsletters to program flyers, & community outreach - this collection includes everything. If you have a question about The Self Reliance Group, it is likely answered somewhere in the Newsroom. The Newsroom is currently in development! If you have a question that cannot be answered by the linked documents - please inquire with the CEO directly at (319) 671-7152.
Veterans' Services & Supports Coalition
Thousands of American veterans call the Southeastern Iowa/Burlington area home. It's not hard to see why considering Burlington offers local veterans a VA Clinic, and both Burlington & West Burlington boast recent (2023) Purple Heart City designations.
Given these local advantages, veterans living in the Burlington area still face specific barriers to improved personal health outcomes. These barriers include: access to in-county public transportation, access to consistent and applicable technology support classes, and access to (& increased knowledge of) local social supports geared towards the veteran community.
Click around this box to learn more about each of these health barriers, and The Group's targeted action within the community to reduce each barrier.
(Medicaid) Dental Outreach
Thousands of Iowans in the Southeastern Iowa/Burlington area hold Medicaid healthcare insurance policies. “Medicaid, is a healthcare insurance program that both the federal government and each state work together to run. It helps people with low income or disabilities by paying for some of their medical expenses.” Unfortunately, in Iowa and many states across the nation, individuals holding Medicaid health insurance policies struggle to access preventative dental care.
Did you know there is only one area provider that accepts Medicaid insurance for dental care? Did you know their waitlist currently exceeds thousands of pregnant women and children, exclusively? Did you know the alternative provider with new patient capacity is over 70+ miles away? Does this sound like a preventative health care access crisis to you?
Dental Carries, or cavities, are the single most common disease in American youth. Dental diseases, if left unchecked, can begin to migrate from the oral cavity to infect other parts of the body. This disease migration has the capacity to affect seemingly unrelated health outcomes to the most extreme extent of death.
Click around this box to learn more about the local details of this health care access challenge, and The Group's targeted action within the community to significantly improve individual health outcomes.
Personal Hygiene & Wellbeing
Did you know that personal hygiene & mental health have a reciprocal relationship? That means that improvements to one usually predict improvements in the other. This is great news because many Burlington area residents with significant mental illnesses and/or intellectual disabilities stand to benefit from the local development & targeted implementation of the ADL: Hygiene Program. Details on this program are outlined in the flyer below. In addition, The Group is tabling at area grocers throughout the month of August in search of hygiene product donations to begin implementing this program in our community. Find tabling dates, times, & locations in the donation drive flyer below.
The Group is in the process of identifying & securing sustainable funding mechanisms and local awards to provide this educational program & product resource to HAB & HCBS residents in our community. Target program implementation at area Day-Habilitation Centers is late Fall, 2024. For more information, please reach out to the CEO at (319) 671-7152.
Meet the Board of Directors
The Group is progressing health equity in Southeast Iowa. Pictured below are the community leaders sharing in and spearheading these efforts. Their diverse skill sets, professional experiences, and positions of respect and knowledge within the community are valued as necessary assets to The Group's continued sustainability and success.
Check back soon for updated Group photos of the 2024 Founding Board of Directors and Executive Officers.
The 2024 Founding Board of Directors for The Self Reliance Group is full.
1115 Summer Street, Burlington, IA. 52601
Phone: (319)-671-7152
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