The PASOs Program in Saluda, Newberry and Edgefield Counties began in 2009 through a partnership with South Carolina Hispanic Outreach and their funding partner, the South Carolina Chapter of the March of Dimes. Now the program is housed at the Arnold School of Public Health at USC.
I want to volunteer with the PASOs Program
To find out how to volunteer with the PASOs program, read the PASOs Volunteer Orientation Guide.
The PASOs Family and Community Health Programs offer the following services:
- Education for individuals and families on family health and prevention Click here for information on PASOs educational topics.
- Prenatal education for expectant women and their support persons on how to have healthy pregnancies and babies. Click here for more information.
- Community health outreach on women’s and family health topics
- Connection to needed resources including The Benefit Bank.
- Support and solution-finding for individuals and families
- Partnerships with organizations to increase access to health care and other resources
- Cultural competency consulting and training
- Training of teams of community health educators, or promotores, in each PASOs site. These leaders work within their communities to connect others to health and education services.
PASOs educational workshops are held in the following locations:
“La Hermosa” Church
311 Main St., Saluda
Scheduled according to participants’ needs
Newberry County classes
The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
1515 Boundary Street, Newberry
Scheduled according to participants’ needs
» For information or to register, please call Ana Cossio, Program Coordinator at 803-451-1181 or email: ana@scpasos.org.
Partners
- Emmanuel Family Clinic
- DHEC Saluda and Newberry
- Saluda Family Practice Center
- Bethel Congregational Church
- Head Start, Saluda Learning Center
- King of Kings Church
- “La Hermosa” Church
- Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
- Newberry Pediatrics
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