ECCO Service

Services Description / East Cooper Residency Required? (Yes / No)

Basic Services

·      Jan England, Director of Client Services

COACH Program

·      Katy Gerloff, Case Manager

Basic Needs:  Food, clothing & financial assistance.

(Funding availability dependent)  / Yes

Food Stamps:  Dept of Social Services (DSS) – 1^st Tuesday

of each  month.  Appointment necessary.  / No

Commodity Boxes:  The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), food distribution program for needy people.  /  No

COACH:  Coordination, Organization, Assessment, Case

 Management, Health  /  Yes

ECCO Med-I-Assist / Health Services

·      Meredith Johnson, Prescription Assistant

·      Elizabeth Burbage, Director of HealthServices

Prescription Assistance:  Long / Short term needs.

Medicare Part D  /  No

Health Education Classes  /  No

REACH 2010 Diabetes:  Thursday 1 – 3 pm  /  No

Lunch & Learn Series:  Roper Hospital – 3^rd Thursday

11:15am – 12:30pm  /  No

Project Test Strips:  Diabetes assistance, medications, diabetic

supplies, glucometers, testing strips, foot care  /  No

Eye Care:  Long Point Eye Center- Dr. Majors.

Referral required.  $25 fee required.  /  No

Mammograms:  Hollings Health Van.  Best Chance Network –Dates announced & appointments required.  /  No

Prostate Cancer Screening:  Hollings Health Van.  Dates announced & appointments required.  /  No

Medicaid Enrollment:  Roper Outreach.  Availability to be announced and appointments required.  /  No

Laboratory Testing:  Roper Outreach.  ECCO uninsured clients only.  Referrals required.  /  Yes

Carolina Hearing Screening:  Through Palmetto Project.  Referral required.  Waiting List   /  No

ECCO Dental Clinic

·      Debbie Kingsbury, Dental Clinic Manager

ECCO Smiles:  Preventative & restorative dentistry.  Serving the East Cooper area.  Appointment necessary.  Contact for schedule.  /  Yes

Evening Emergency Dental Clinic:  Tuesday & Thursday evenings at 5:30pm for uninsured clients.  No appointment necessary.   /  No

Trident Technical College Dental Clinic:  Seasonal.  January – April.  Appointments necessary.  East Cooper residents only.  /  Yes

MUSC C.A.R.E.S. Clinic

(Community Aid, Relief, Education, & Support)

·    843-876-7097

Student – based free clinic:  Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday evenings 6:30pm.  No appointment necessary.   Able to serve 10 patients, PT & GYN services.  /  No

St. Vincent de Paul (Monday – Friday)

·      Bob Newton, Tom Couture

Furniture & Household Items:  Referral required.  /  Yes

Education and Job Services – Charleston Adult Education and Trident One Stop

·      843-849-9220 for information

Workforce Development Services:  General Equivalency Diploma (GED), Work Keys (Workplace skills analysis & assessment), Trident One Stop (Workforce development service providers located in a One-Stop Center)  /  No

Family Counseling Services

·      Marie Carter & Associates

Counseling Services:  Appointment necessary. 

Wednesday, 10am – 4pm.  /  No

Catholic Charities Immigration Services

·      Emily Guerrero, Andrea Penafiel

Immigration Legal Services:  Appointment necessary.  Sliding fee schedule based on income.  /  No

Pro Bono Legal Services

·    843-568-4755

Talk with an Attorney:  No criminal cases.  /  No

Operation Home

·    843-568-4755

Home Repair:  Referral required by professional agency.  Waiting list.  /  No