Human Services Alliance Title

 

 The Beaufort County Human Services Alliance is a partnership of more than 120 nonprofit, public and private agencies, organizations and community members. The Alliance was created in 2003 by a Leadership Council composed of local leaders representing a diverse range of human service organizations throughout Beaufort County.

 

The purpose of the Alliance is to promote and sustain activities that improve the quality of life for all Beaufort County residents by creating coordinated, comprehensive, and integrated systems of human services by:

  • Developing a unified vision of human services
  • Tracking and measuring quantitative improvements in the quality of life in Beaufort County
  • Promoting multi-system collaboration and best practices
  • Providing guidance to public and private funding agencies
  • Educating the public, decision makers, and service providers on trends, issues and needed actions
  • Facilitating mechanisms to educate and link the general public to needed services or assistance
  • Facilitating mechanisms to educate and train human service providers and professionals

The Human Services Alliance is committed to:

  • Promoting and implementing a strength-based, asset-based approach
  • Inclusiveness in membership
  • Leveraging resources across systems
  • Creating cultures of synergy through partnership, collaboration, mutual support and networking
  • Ensuring the flexibility to respond to new or emerging needs
  • Ongoing strategic planning
  • Continuing assessment and development of knowledge and capabilities

Together for Beaufort County (T4BC)

T4BC is one component of the Alliance and consists of 16 coalitions from a myriad of community partnerships. Together, we pool resources and address community needs and concerns around issues of economy, education, poverty, and health/ environment throughout Beaufort County.  You can view the Together for Beaufort County 2012 Report as well as coalition information by clicking on the links to the right.


There is so much going on in our community, and people can easily get involved as little or as much as they’d like. Please contact us for information on how.

 

 

The Human Services Alliance is composed of the following organizational structures:

 

***Leadership Council***

A group of community leaders who meet semi-annually that acts as spokespersons for the Alliance and its efforts in the community. Their roles, in each of their respective organizations, give them the unique ability to effect meaningful change in the community with consideration for the efforts being put forth by the Alliance. Surrogates may be appointed with the approval of the Executive Leadership Committee. New candidates are invited by the Chair and then elected by the membership.

***Executive Management Team***

This is a team of middle-level managers and supervisors approved by the Executive Leadership Committee, who are involved in the daily operations of the Alliance and Together For Beaufort Coalitions. This group currently meets bi-monthly and is facilitated by the Alliance Director.

***Together For Beaufort County Coalitions***

A T4BC Coalition is a group of agency and community representatives who have agreed to accept responsibility for achieving one of the sixteen Together for Beaufort County Objectives. The groups meet monthly and membership is determined by interest, commitment and availability.

***Human Services Alliance ***

Membership is comprised of any individual organization in Beaufort County who is committed to improving the quality of life for all residents of Beaufort County. Alliance meetings are held quarterly on the fifth Wednesday of the month.  Anyone interested can attend these meetings regardless of membership; meetings are free to attend and serve as a great networking opportunity.  For an organization to be considered an active member of the Alliance, they must be represented at three of the past four quarterly Alliance meetings and/ or regularly participate at appropriate T4BC coalition meetings.

The Alliance distributes a county-wide weekly email outlining Alliance updates, community resources, trainings, and other opportunities available.  Please contact us requesting to be added to the distribution list.

***Human Services Alliance Staff***

A Facilitator and an Information & Referral Specialist are hired by Beaufort County to serve at the direction of the Leadership Council.

         Fred Leyda – Facilitator, Director of Human Services

         Assistant to the Director

         843.521.3153

 

 

The Alliance office is located at USCB in Beaufort (801 Carteret Street) in room 118 of the Sandstone Building (on the corner of Carteret Street and Duke Street).

The mailing address for the Alliance is:

P.O. Drawer 1228

Beaufort, SC 29901-1228

We hope you find this information helpful and informative. Should you have any questions or if you would like to volunteer with the Alliance, please feel free to contact us.