MARLBORO COUNTY (SC) Profile

Team Profile Summary

The Marlboro County Inter-Agency is a non-profit organization with a 35-agency membership and houses the Marlboro County, South Carolina Place Matters Team. The team has targeted action to be taken in the following two areas: (1) Gather ER use trend data and bring together the lead partners in a collaborative initiative to develop a plan to improve access to primary health and mental health care and medical homes; and (2) Gather high school graduation rate trend data  and bring together the lead partners in a collaborative initiative to develop a  five- year plan to provide more constructive after-school activities, reduce expulsion and suspension rates, and increase graduation rates.

For additional information, you may contact Janice Rozier at (843) 479 - 9955 or janice@rozier.org.

Team Profile Details

Problem Statement:

  • Marlboro County is typically one of the top 5 counties (of 46) with the highest unemployment rates in South Carolina.
  • Those without jobs are apt to neglect health care needs for family sustenance.
  • One hospital in the county, the emergency room is used by many of our uninsured, low income, and Medicaid populations as their primary care provider - leading to less than optimal care and driving up healthcare costs.
  • Dropout percentage of enrolled 9-12 grade students in the county decrease from 9.0% in 2000-01 to 3.5% in 2004-05 (state average = 3.3%)

 

Team Objectives:

  1. Create outreach and healthcare navigators to connect people with primary health and mental health care and medical homes.
  2. Create healthy activity options for youth as alternatives to unhealthy behaviors that result in violence, teen pregnancy, and low graduation rates.

 

Community Partners: (in alphabetical order)

The working core team partners are:

  • CareSouth Carolina Community Health Center
  • Clemson University Cooperative Extension
  • Community Development Corporation of Marlboro County
  • Life Care Hospice of SC
  • Marlboro County School District
  • Marlboro Park Hospital
  • SC Department of Health and Environmental Control-Region 4
  • SC Department of Social Services-Marlboro County
  • Tri-County Mental Health Center.

For more information and to become involved, please contact:
Team Lead: Janice Rozier
Email: janice@rozier.org 
Phone: (843) 479 9955