Access to Care

What is the goal?

Increase and improve ways to access affordable healthcare and transportation services among rural and underserved residents. With dignity and empowerment embedded throughout the framework.

 

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What are the barriers?

In a 2016 survey, more than 1,100 Kershaw County residents thought that the five main reasons why people in the county do not seek healthcare are:

 

Cannot Pay for It

Have No Health Insurance

Cannot Get time Off From Work

Have No Family Doctor

Cannot Get time Off From Work

Solutions & Initiatives

Solutions

The CHIP Access to Care Action Team is working to increase and improve ways for residents to get linked to healthcare and social services by:

Creating a Where is Care in Kershaw County? online directory of nearly 200 clinical and social services providers designed for use by consumers, healthcare providers and local policymakers

Partnering with Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments, Santee-Wateree Regional Transportation Authority and Kershaw County public and private agencies and organizations to advocate for and develop a transit system for our county.

Initiatives

The CHIP Access to Care Action Team is working toward the goal of increasing and improving ways to access affordable healthcare and transportation services among rural and underserved residents. Their current initiatives are:

  • Maintaining Where is Care in Kershaw County?, online directory of nearly 200 clinical and social services providers designed for use by consumers, healthcare providers and local policymakers. This can be found at whereiscarekc.org.
  • Partnering with Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments, Santee-Wateree Regional Transportation Authority and Kershaw County public and private agencies and organizations to advocate for and develop a transit system for our county.
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Transportation

Our Access to Care team continues to work diligently to address the transportation needs of Kershaw County residents by aiming to establish a long-term transit system. The proposed route for the emergency funding for a short-term fully funded in Kershaw County has been submitted. The route located to the right is a modified version of two previously proposed routes running from Elgin through Lugoff and out to East Camden in order to provide transit in our community that includes access to grocery stores and medical facilities during the impact of COVID-19. As we move forward, we will continue to talk about transit with the community. Additional details and timeline are limited at this time but we will continue to update as we can.

LiveWell Kershaw Coalition

 Helping Residents Find Care & Support in Kershaw County

Use our database to find a doctor, support group and more.

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