Chesterfield County Coordinating Council
The Chesterfield County Coordinating Council (CCCC) is a non-profit organization, established in the county as the strongest educational, advocacy and cross-system collaboration group for the support of the human services delivery system. The CCCC mission is to strengthen the systems that provide services to the citizens of the county through improved communication and sufficient collaboration. The council’s membership consist of representatives from government agencies, private providers, civic groups and others interested in improving human services. Because of the CCCC, agencies educate each other on available services and have achieved a significant increase in cooperation of staff at the direct service level. Some agencies have implemented new services.
The council was started in 1993 and continues to identify critical issues facing their communities and county. Through growth and rising concerns, subcommittees were formed to assert special initiatives. Projects to which the group have achieved and continue to nurture include:
- Providing support services to the new Northeastern Rural Health Network in Chesterfield and Marlboro Counties;
- The development of a countywide resource manual accessible by all county agencies through the website, www.chesterfieldcoordinating.org;
- Development of several community public awareness initiatives to address youth risky behavior including participation in the county block grant program to reduce the adolescent pregnancy rate through the Youth Development Coalition;
- Implementation of a Blast Meals Program with grants from the local United Way organizations, and a nutritional supplement program for infirm and indigent adults;
- Addressing minority health disparities as well as childhood obesity through the Health Subcommittee;
- Researching the use of technology to increase the efficieny and quality of services to clients through the Data Sharing Subcommittee;
- Producing an Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon to provide smaller agencies the opportunity to recognize current volunteers and promote new voluntarism and
- Implementation of Chesterfield County Cares, a program that matches prospective volunteers with agencies and organizations that need them.
The collaboration has grown into a thriving commitment by all members of the CCCC to provide quality services in the county through a unified effort to reach common goals. For more information, please contact the CCCC at 843.623.5274.
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