Local nonprofit asks for financial help in fight against poverty

By Jim Tatum
Summerville Journal Scene via The Post and Courier

The Charleston Human Services Commission will have a new name to match its expanded service area in January.

The nonprofit, which operates largely on federal funds, helps the economically underprivileged with a variety of issues, from medical needs to educational assistance.

The commission works in Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties and recently added Beaufort and Jasper counties.

The agency will change its name in January to the Palmetto Community Action Partnership, Executive Director Arnold Collins told the Dorchester County Council on Monday.

"Tri-county no longer works for us - we have added to that," he said.

But the additional counties means more clients - and with federal budgets flat, those dollars that fund the commission only go so far, Collins said.

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