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Welcome to Trident United Way


Trident United Way works to strengthen our community by focusing on education, income and health.

These are the building blocks of a good life -- a quality education that leads to a stable job,
enough income to support a family and good health.

By giving, advocating and volunteering, we can create a community where everyone has the opportunity for a good life.
That's how we LIVE UNITED.

Trident United Way maintains its unwavering commitment to measurable results in the programs we fund.
 That’s been our promise to donors for more than a decade.

 

Health


Trident United Way Focus: Access to Health Care and Prevention of Chronic Disease

Trident United Way is helping people get the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.

Access to Health Care -- supports the development of a regular system of care for low-income uninsured people that provides increased access to primary and specialty care including dental and mental health services.

     · Access Health Initiative — Trident United Way convenes a community-wide collaborative effort to develop a coordinated network of health care services for low-income uninsured people in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties.

     · CHIPRA Grant — Outreach and Enrollment for Children’s Health Insurance Program. Trident United Way supports the work of Palmetto Project in the implementation of a federal grant to increase the number of eligible children enrolled in the state Children’s Health Insurance Plan using The Benefit Bank technology.

Prevention of Chronic Disease -- influence healthy behaviors so that people reduce risk factors that lead to illness and early death. Trident United Way is developing a School-based Health Promotion Initiative that works with schools to incorporate nutrition education, daily physical activity and family engagement.


Click here to see Trident United Way’s funded partners.