Health Care Collaborative for Children and Youth
Who are we?
We are a group of service providers and civic leaders who meet regularly to work together to improve health care services for children and youth.
What do we do?
We collaborate to address the following:
- Determine our collective impact on the health of children and youth
- Increase access to quality health services
- Promote the understanding of the connection between health and learning
- Help parents and their children make healthy choices
- Provide help and support for help and support for children and their families
- Informing the community of health issues that affect children and youth and advocating that those issues are addressed
Member Organizations of HCCCY
- A Father’s Place
- Access Family Services
- Autism Support Group
- Birthright of Georgetown
- Children’s Recovery Center
- Family Connection of South Carolina
- Georgetown Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
- Georgetown County Autism Support Group /SOS Health Care
- Georgetown County Department of Social Services Family Indepence & SNAP
- Georgetown County DHEC- WIC Program
- Georgetown County School District – Department of Nursing and Office of Special Services
- Georgetown Pediatric Center – Healthy Families Georgetown– St. James/Santee Family Health Center
- Healthy Learners
- Nurse Family Partnership, SC DHEC
- Riverside Behavior and Learning Collaborative (RBLC)
- Riverside Pediatrics
- SOS Care
- South Carolina Youth Advocate Program
- St. James Health and Wellness
- Tidelands Health Community Wellness
- Waccamaw Center for Mental Health
RESOURCES
Advocacy (Click to Expand)
Advocacy Links
These links provide easy access to bills being considered and email access to state and federal elected officials:
These links provide easy access to website for local elected officials:
These sites provide advocacy resources focused on children and youth:
National Sites
- National School Boards Association – Advocacy Institute
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- The PEW Charitable Trusts
- National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds
- Center for American Progress
- JumpStart – Children First
- National Academy of Sciences
- National Women’s Law Center
- National Workforce Registry Alliance
- National League of Cities
- National Association of Counties
- National Governors Association
- Save the Children
- Save the Children Action Network
South Carolina Sites
Children’s Trust of South Carolina – Sign up for their Blog. It presents highlights and links to state initiatives.
United Way Association of South Carolina
South Carolina Joint Citizens & Legislative Committee on Chil
Attachments
National Advocacy Sites
Resources and Research
Research and Development
- Center on the Developing Child (Harvard University)
- Getting “Moneyball” Right in the Soical Sector from Standford Social Innovation Review
- Using Brain Science to Design New Pathways Out of Poverty
- Implementing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization: A Guide for States
- When Brain Science Meets Public Policy
- The Heckman Equation
- Center for the Study of Child Care Employment
- Child Trends
- Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes
- Data Quality Campaign
- National Institute for Early Education Research
Statewide Departments
Grants
Links to Grants
- Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation (Grants)
- Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina (List of Grants)
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina (Grants)
- Fundsnet Services.com (South Carolina Grants)
- Rural Health Information Hub (HRIhub)- South Carolina Funding Opportunities
- Administration for Children and Families (Grants and Funding)
- Children’s Bureau (Grants)
- The Gobal Fund for Children (Apply for a Grant)
- South Carolina GrantWatch
- South Carolina Department of Education (LEA Programs for Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth)
- CNE (Grants)
- First Five Years Fund
- Ounce of Prevention Fund
Marketing
Marketing
- Community Tool Box: Preparing Public Service Announcements
- PSA Examples: (Good, Bad, and Ugly)
- Community Tool Box: Preparing Press Releases
- 3 Reasons Why Child Care Providers Should Use Social Media Marketing
- How to Succed in Newtorking while Really Trying: How Children’s Health Advocates are Using Social Media to Share Ideas and Advance Policy Goals
Community Data
Community Data
Family Engagement
Family Engagement
Links to Online Portals to Access Early Childhood Services
- First5SC
- Help Me Grow SC
- Children’s Trust – Statewide Resources Network
- SCParents.org
- SC Thrive
- 211 United Way