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City of Charleston Health and Wellness Advisory Committee Monthly Meeting 2/01/2023
A
2023
I
hope
it
was
a
good
start
for
all
of
you
we're
on
day,
one
of
the
shortest
month
of
the
year
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
it.
Of
course,
the
daylight
hours
are
getting
a
little
longer.
I
see
you
know.
Paul
was
telling
me
he's
wearing
red
today
because
of
go
Women,
Health,
Awareness,
Day
and
groundhog
day
is
tomorrow,
we'll
see
Punxsutawney
Phil's
prediction.
Of
course
Valentine's
Day
is
less
than
two
weeks
away.
So,
gentlemen,
on
the
call,
here's
your
reminder.
I
know
it
always
sneaks
up
on
me.
A
I
do
want
to
mention
that
Carolyn
Murray
and
Meredith
polinski
apologize
for
not
being
able
to
make
it
this
morning
and
Paul's
planned
a
great
meeting
for
us,
but
we
do
need
to
start
with
the
approval
of
minutes
from
January
4th
meeting
that
Paul
sent
out
last
Friday
to
what
I'll
go
ahead
and
make
a
motion
to
approve
those
minutes
if
I
could
get
a
second.
Please.
A
You
very
much
we
have
a
motion
in
a
second
all
in
favor
of
proving
those
minutes
from
January
4th.
Please
say:
aye
aye
aye
any
opposed
okay.
So
the
meeting
minutes
have
been
approved
and
you
probably
saw
in
the
minutes
too.
If
you
want
to
take
a
look
at
the
meeting
schedule
for
the
year.
It
is
on
in
the
minutes,
but
it's
going
to
be
the
first
Wednesday
of
each
month,
except
for
the
month
of
July,
we'll
take
a
break
that
month.
A
D
Yeah
I've
I
don't
have
too
many
I
guess
we're
still
not
open
at
our
crisis.
Stabilization
Center,
we
are
waiting.
I.
Think
DHEC
is
coming
to
do
the
walkthrough
that
likes
re-license
us
on
Tuesday,
but
we
will
do
a
press
conference
and
let
everyone
know
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
it's
our
10
bed
voluntary
adult
unit,
that's
located
at
the
social
services
hub,
we're
very
excited
to
get
it
reopened.
D
We
will
have
all
10
beds
open
and
be
able
to
accept
to
police
drop-offs
again,
because
we've
been
able
to
relax
some
of
the
code
restrictions.
We've
had
really
since
March
of
2020,
so
that's
happening
and
we
just
signed
a
lease
for
our
building
across
the
street
from
us.
It's
kind
of
diagonal
it's
across
the
street
from
Channel
5
here
on
Charlie
Hall,
we're
going
to
take
the
second
floor
of
that
building
and
that's
where
the
new
988
call
center
will
go.
D
That's
going
to
be
the
backup
988
Center
to
Mental
Health
America
Greenville.
We
are
in
the
process
of
hiring
people
now
to
help
assist
that
call
center
to
be
able
to
answer
all
the
calls
in
our
own
State
I.
Think
I
mentioned
last
time.
It's
important
to
for
all
the
states
to
get
all
the
calls
answered
in
their
own
State,
because
all
the
states
know
their
own
resources
better
than
anyone
else.
D
But
just
so
you
know,
if
anyone
does
call
988
the
emergency
line,
it
will
be
answered
by
someone
it
might
roll
over
to
a
different
state
at
this
point,
but
the
goal
is
to
get
them
all
answered
here
in
South
Carolina
and
we
still
have
our
mobile
crisis
call
center
as
well
for
emergencies
and
I'm
going
to
add
some
links
in
the
chat
for
you
guys
so
mental
health
Heroes
is
our
Associated
non-profit.
It's.
It's
helps
us
put
on
our
conference
that
we
have
in
July
and
so
at
a
conference
link
for
that.
D
This
is
the
licensure
year
for
counselors.
So
we're
expecting
to
see
a
lot
of
people
we'll
have
it
virtual
and
in
person
they
also
we're
going
to
have
a
golf
tournament
on
March
22nd
at
Dunes,
in
Dunes
West,
golf
club,
so
I'm
going
to
put
a
link
to
that.
That's
also
a
fundraiser.
All
the
money
that
we
raised
through
mental
health
Heroes
goes
to
help
our
patients
pay
for
medication,
housing,
emergency
light
bills,
just
kind
of
anything
that
our
patients
need
and.
E
D
Also
going
to
be
an
oyster,
roast,
I'm
going
to
try
to
find
a
link
to,
and
this
year
we're
going
to
have
a
pickleball
tournament
which
I've
not
played
pickleball.
Maybe
some
people
here
have
I,
hear
it's
fun,
a
lot
faster
than
tennis,
I.
Guess
right,
so
I'll
try
to
put
all
those
links
if
I
can't
get
my
hands
on
them
by
the
meeting,
I'll
send
them
to
Paul
and
he
can
share
them
with
you
all
later,
but
yeah.
D
A
B
Sure
thank
you
councilman
Sheely.
So
as
we
transition
into
the
into
the
month
of
February,
we
do
have
some
flu
clinics
still
going
on
today:
Thursday
Friday
and
Saturday.
Those
are
on
our
website
and
they're
at
a
variety
of
locations
around
the
County
area,
one
in
each
constituent
area,
with
General
hours
between
12
to
6
or
10,
to
7,
with
the
weekend
Clinic
from
from
12
to
6.
So
we
definitely
encourage
our
students
and
their
families
to
utilize
those
throughout
the
beginning
of
this
month.
B
A
couple
of
other
things
that
have
just
started
is
the
beginning
of
our
school
choice:
application
period.
Our
school
choices
are
for
our
schools
that
have
magnet
seats
either
their
constituent
area
magnet
so
magnets
for
a
geographic
region
or
they
are
emissions
based
magnets,
like
School
of
the
Arts
or
academic
magnet
abuse.
B
Things
about
for
the
application
period
occurs
from
January
24th
to
January
or
to
February,
24th,
and
so
throughout
that
month,
families
can
go
onto
our
website.
They
can
create
a
portal
account
and
they
can
make
that
application,
and
then
there
will
be
a
lottery
process
which
occurs
between
February
and
April
and
then
around
April
3rd
application
decisions
will
be
released
to
families.
There
is
a
virtual
Choice
here
that
families
can
join
well.
B
That
was
this
past
weekend,
but
we
have
a
couple
of
other
options
for
families
to
go
on
and
see
videos
of
the
choice,
schools
and
then
we
have
application
assistance.
Events
throughout
the
month
of
February
and
I'll
drop
a
link
in
the
chat
for
this
simultaneous
to
that
is
the
launch
of
our
early
learning
program
application.
So
this
is
for
our
Pre-K
or
what
we
term
is
CD
Child
Development
for
a
four-year-old
that
application
launched
January
24th.
B
It
doesn't
have
a
deadline,
the
way
school
choice.
Does
it's
a
rolling
application
period,
so
families
can
go
on.
They
can
sign
up
their
children
saying
to
General
K-12
rules.
The
student
has
to
turn
four
by
September
1
in
order
to
be
eligible,
and
so
families
can
go
on
and
apply
and
sign
up
for
a
time
to
be
screened
because
it
is
needs
based,
and
it
is
meant
for
a
child
zoned,
neighborhood
School.
B
So
when
you
apply
for
that
program,
you
would
be
applying
for
wherever
your
child
would
attend.
Kindergarten
through
12th
grade,
based
on
your
address
and
again
I'll
put
some
links
to
that
in
the
chat,
and
there
is
application
assistance
available
for
that
as
well.
So
those
are
kind
of
two
pretty
important
items
that
just
launched
also
our
Kaleidoscope
program.
Our
expanded
learning
program
after
school
program
has
started
allowing
four-year-olds
back
based
on
licensing
that
they
received
at
about
22
sites.
A
F
Thanks
councilman
Sheely,
not
a
lot
other
than
just
to
say
that
we
continue
to
see
significant
demand
for
support
across
our
service
area,
just
as
a
barometer
that
we
use
to
sort
of
track.
Some
of
that
that
high
demand
we
do
offer
emergency
assistance
for
clients
that
can
come
through
our
front
door
here
at
our
facility
and
certainly
since
November
we've
been
seeing
anywhere
upwards
of
of
800
people
coming
in
800
of
our
neighbors
coming
through
the
front
door.
F
Looking
for
emergency
assistance,
I
mean
that
is
significant
in
comparison
to
months
earlier
and
continues
to
remain
high
as
well
and
I.
Think
it's
indicative
of
some
of
the
challenges
that
many
people
are
facing
in
terms
of
the
cost
of
food
inflation
and
and
other
implications
on
hardships
that
people
are
facing.
So
we
continue
to
track
that
and
continue
to
see
demand
for
food
assistance,
continuing
something
that
we
are
doing
at
the
moment
to
make
it
easier
for
our
partner
agencies
to
be
able
to
access
food
from
from
our
facilities.
F
We're
looking
at
putting
in
place
an
online
system
for
ordering
food
from
our
facilities
called
agency
Express,
and
this
is
something
that
we
are
very
much
looking
forward
to
in
terms
of
making
it
much
easier
for
for
the
accessing.
It's
more
like
an
Amazon
type
of
experience.
So
one
of
our
part,
any
partner
agency
can
go
online,
can
order.
F
Just
to
say,
we
have
our
annual
Chef's
Feast
as
well,
which
is
taking
place
at
the
end
of
February
on
February,
the
26th
at
Trident
Technical
College.
This
brings
together
some
30
of
our
chefs
from
from
around
Charleston,
together
with
some
400
participants.
It's
an
opportunity
to
raise
awareness
amongst
our
community
to
issues
of
child
hunger,
and
so
it's
something
as
I
said
that
we
do
every
year
and
something
we're
very
much
looking
forward
to
I'm
happy
to
send
the
link
to
To
You
Paul
when
we
finished
as
well.
F
A
G
Everything
is
pretty
smooth
sailing
here
at
the
Citadel
in
terms
of
the
community.
I
am
still
working
logistically
on
running
a
spring
session
of
the
same
sort
of
running
and
Healthy
Lifestyles
program
that
we
did
with
our
non-profit
partner
in
the
fall,
so
stay
tuned
for
that
on
updates,
hopefully,
in
the
coming
months,
all
right
great
thank.
H
A
H
Think
it's
a
great
idea
to
just
have
them
around.
Some
of
those
that
we
were
giving
out
originally
may
be
expired
now.
So,
if
you've
got
some
previously,
please
check
those
make
sure
they're
still
within
the
expiration
date.
This
second
photo
the
naloxone,
the
other
name,
for
that
is
Narcan,
and
this
is
that's.
The
Narcan
is
one
of
the
brand
names.
H
H
H
It
truly
is
one
of
those
things
that
more
and
more
frequently
is
Saving
Lives
in
our
community,
so
especially
for
those
with
family,
friends
and
colleagues
who
may
be
taking
opioids,
either
prescription
or
a
listen
substances,
but
also
those
just
of
us
in
the
community.
We
never
know
when,
when
we
might
be
able
to
save
a
life
with
this,
so
thanks
Paul
and
councilman.
A
J
Now
that
have
teams,
and
then
we
also
have
a
move
more
Challenge,
and
so
once
a
person
sets
up
their
account
on
the
local
heart,
walk
a
little
country,
Heart
Walk,
there's
an
app
that
they
can
download
onto
their
phone
and
they
can
track
steps.
So
just
wanted
to
share
that
and
encourage
everyone
to
sign
up
great.
A
I
I
It's
nice
to
see
a
lot
of
physical
activity
being
promoted
in
our
community
and
there's
a
great
article
in
today's
paper
featuring
the
College
of
Charleston
Morgan
Healey,
talking
about
their
efforts
that
they're
working
with
cities
to
connect,
Green,
Space
and
parks
and
Link
them
into
communities.
So
it's
a
10
minute,
walk
or
short
distance
for
people
to
get
to
to
their
park
system.
So
physical
activity,
I
know
Kimbo
is
working
hard
on
his
end
and
we
just
got
to
always
remember
it
as
part
of
the
equation.
I
Is
we've
got
to
all
get
ourselves
being
active
and
moving
around
and
then
I
will
say
to
Bridge
Run
is
April.
The
1st
I
think
we're
going
to
do
some
downtown
running
clinics
here
in
the
coming
weeks
and
try
to
use
Stonyfield
the
kids
run.
We
had
over
1300
participants
or
1400
participants
somewhere
in
there
and
over
3
000
people
at
the
event
on
January
the
8th,
and
it
was
a
great
opening
for
the
community
to
see
how
beautiful
Stonyfield
is
and
accessible.
It
is
for
the
community
and
then
I
know
the
city
council.
I
We
we
should
be
very
thankful
for
our
traffic
and
transportation
other
Departments
of
of
what
they're
going
to
do
with
King
Street
working
with
the
state
highway
department
to
try
to
make
it
more
walkable
and
bike
friendly
and
and
just
opening
up
Avenues
around
and
I
know
Mike's
been
working
on
those
committees
a
lot
and
it's
just
it's
nice
to
see
us
looking
at
the
physical
environment
of
our
community
and
making
it
a
more
friendlier
community.
So
thank
you.
J
Oh
I'll
just
jump
in
On
the
Bridge
Run.
If
any
business
who
wants
to
participate
in
the
as
a
as
a
company,
we
have
a
code
for
the
South
Carolina
healthy
business
challenge
that
is
15
off
the
registration
fee,
so
happy
to
share
that.
If
you
just
want
to
email
me,
we
can.
We
can
share
that
out
or
or
better
yet.
I
would
encourage
you
to
go
to
our
website
at
SC,
healthybiz.com
and
sign
up
for
our
newsletter
and
then
you'll
get
all
that
information.
I
E
So
Kevin,
it's
Mike,
sorry!
Well,
maybe
you
were
asking
me
to
speak.
I
was
I,
was
driving
and
zooming
and
that's
probably
not
a
very
advisable
thing,
particularly
for
me.
It's
not
particularly
well
coordinated,
but
thank
you
for
giving
the
opportunity
I
think
between
Paul
and
Susan.
They
touched
on
a
couple
of
points.
I
wanted
to
touch
on.
You
know
it's
it's
healthy
season
and
culminating,
certainly
with
the
bridge
run
at
least
for
the
spring.
E
We
are
encouraging
large
groups
to
participate
and
we'll
recognize
them
when
we,
when
we
have
our
press
conferences
this
year,
so
yeah
lots
of
things
going
on
that
are
focused
on
health
and
wellness,
so
get
involved,
stay
involved
and
anything
we
can
do
at
the
city
side
to
encourage
all
this
or
to
give
Yale
some
platform
we're
happy
to
do
it
great
and
I
promise
not
to
zoom
and
drive
anymore,
because
that
is
very
unhealthy
and
un
and
unsafe.
You.
E
K
A
A
So,
and
so
we
are
fortunate
to
have
with
us
the
chief
executive
officer
for
federal,
Health,
Care,
Network,
Aretha,
polite
powers,
and
she
brings
more
than
20
years
of
experience
to
that
non-profit,
community-based
Health
and
Human
Service
organizations,
she's
responsible
for
a
team
of
more
than
145
professionals.
She
oversees
the
operation
of
more
than
20
health
care
sites,
including
Primary
Care,
Dental,
Behavioral,
Health,
school-based,
migrant
and
homeless
programs
dispersed
among
four
counties.
A
L
L
Our
nominal
fee
for
medical
care
is
thirty
dollars
and
that's
their
Labs,
all
of
their
specialty
referrals
and
oftentimes,
even
their
medication,
and
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
you
all
talk
about
better,
you
communicate
that
because
either
people
come
and
think
of
your
free
clinic
or
they're,
not
sure
how
they
can
pay
for
their
care,
and
we
want
to
get
people
into
the
health
center.
We
serve
the
Berkeley,
Charleston,
Colleton
and
Dorchester
counties,
and
we
are
a
nationally
qualified,
ncqa,
patient,
Senate
Medical.
L
All
the
purpose
of
the
federally
qualified
health
centers
are
to
provide
services
in
designated
medically
underserved
areas
of
populations
and
we're
governed
by
a
board
and
51
percent
of
our
board
members,
our
users,
or
they
represent
users
of
the
patient
population.
And
then
we
provide
all
of
the
primary
care
services
to
include
an
array
of
enabling
services
such
as
translation
and
transportation
food
vouchers.
We
actually
use
our
case
managers
to
make
referrals
for
rental
and
utility
assistance,
so
patients
when
they
come
into
Health
Center.
L
We
try
to
make
sure
that
we
care
for
the
the
whole
patient
and
the
entire
household.
We
again
provide
those
Services
based
on
adjusted
fees
and
one
thing
about
fqhcs.
That
I
think
people
do
not
know
is
we
have
to
report
annually
to
the
federal
government
and
they
compare
across
the
1500
Health
Centers,
the
cost
for
administrative,
clinical,
Quality
Financial
operations,
and
then
we're
awarded
our
funds
based
on
our
quality
outcomes.
L
I'm,
not
going
to
name
all
the
services.
But
again
we
have
an
array
of
just
general
Primary,
Care
screening
services,
subspecialty
care
and
one
of
our
biggest
program
is
our
obr
obstetrics
program,
where
98
of
those
individuals
are
either
uninsured
or
on
Medicaid
and
when
I
say
uninsured,
it's
because
of
their
citizenship
status.
But
we're
able
to
provide
those
services
on
a
slide
scale
and
be
it
as
you
may
feel,
about
individuals
being
served
that
or
not
citizens.
L
If
you
look
at
our
Network,
we
have
mobile
units,
we
have
our
fixed
locations
and
it's
throughout
the
four
counties
and
the
numbers
represent
the
amount
of
sites.
That's
throughout
the
counties,
as
you
can
see,
in
Charleston
County,
we
offer
everything
we
have
our
Medical
Mobile
units,
our
fixed
locations
in
John's,
Island,
Hollywood
in
North,
Charleston
and
then
Downtown
Charleston.
We
have
our
fixed
Dental
unit
in
the
Charleston
area.
L
We
serve
seven
Charleston
County
schools,
and
then
we
have
four
Agricultural
and
migrant
Health
camps
in
the
area,
and
then
we
have
a
pharmacy
that
serves
our
patients,
that's
on
meeting
streets,
and
you
can
just
see
it
throughout
the
counties
we
have.
A
total
of
I
got
lost
count.
What
is
like
27
service
sites,
some
are
full-time
in
summer
seasonal.
Of
course
our
schools
are
seasonal
and
our
migrant
camps
and
agriculture
worker
camps
are
seasonal.
L
We're
always
looking
for
volunteers
for
our
migrant
homeless
camps
activities.
So
if
that's
something
you're
interested
in
or
may
have
some
students
in
need
of
internships,
and
we
actually
take
them
out
for
that
experience
in
regards
to
our
expansion,
we're
looking
to
renovate
our
Hollywood
location,
it
actually
is
under
renovation.
Right
now
we
will
expand
from
a
3
000
square
foot
facility
to
a
6
000
square
foot
facility
and
it
would
include
a
drive-through
drive
up
Pharmacy
and
that
will
actually
be
our
first
Retail
Pharmacy.
L
Very
raw
numbers,
but
as
of
last
year
as
of
2023,
we
served
23
000,
unduplicated
patients,
and
that
was
over
77
000
medical
visits,
and
you
can
see
that
I
use
the
chart
to
kind
of
outline
where
our
services
are
provided.
Of
course,
Charleston
County
has
always
been
one
of
our
largest
counties,
although
it
has
been
in
Charleston
for
a
long
time,
I
would
say:
will
we
struggle
in
Charleston?
L
On
my
Outreach
activities,
we
are
very
intentional
about
being
in
our
rural
communities
and
that's
well.
You
hear
me
talk
about
the
Hollywoods
and
John's
Island,
but
we
also
go
into
our
underserved
communities,
and
then
we
have
Outreach
teams
that
Target
very
specific
populations,
so
our
health
care
for
the
homeless.
We
actually
are
at.
What's
the
navigation,
Center
I
know,
there's
a
new
name
now
and
then
we're
also
at
the
180
place.
L
When
we
talk
about
serving
our
population,
especially
with
Outreach,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
go
in
and
our
intent
is
to
learn
about
the
communities,
make
sure
that
we're
genuinely
interested.
We
try
to
use
employees
that
are
from
those
communities.
So,
for
example,
our
Johns
Island
nurse
practitioner
is
actually
grew
up
in
John's
Island
and
came
back
to
practice
there.
Our
cross
provider
actually
lives
and
cross
my
pharmacist
in
Cross
lives
and
cross.
L
We
were
referenced
about
our
covert
testing
and
vaccines.
When
we
started
the
process,
it
was,
our
intent
was
just
to
go
into
the
homeless
shelters,
maybe
help
DHEC
with
some
of
the
nursing
homes,
and
things
like
that.
We
became
very
good
friends
with
our
DHEC
offices
and
they
trusted
us
to
help
them
with
this
initiative,
and
it
definitely
grew
into
something
bigger
than
we
could
have
ever
imagined.
L
I,
don't
I,
don't
even
think
we
thought
that
we
could
handle
the
volume
we
were
able
to
handle,
but
we
were
very
intentional
about
going
into
communities
that
were
not
able
to
get
to
big
test
sites
where
public
transportation
was
not
an
option
or
they
were
home
with
the
children.
We
tested
a
lot
of
grandparents
and
their
children.
L
We
used
the
Charleston
County
Libraries
as
test
sites,
and
we
used
a
lot
of
the
churches
and
so
through
our,
we
actually
were
able
to
have
memorandums
of
understanding
with
92
organizations
throughout
the
counties
and
that's
we
provided
testing
in
the
actual
community
at
community
centers
at
football
games
at
soccer
games.
Whatever
people
were
that
could
not
get
to
a
location.
We
provided
that
testing
and
we
went
back
to
those
same
locations
to
provide
vaccines.
We
continue
to
test,
we
do
have
some
of
the
rapid
tests
as
well
and
we
continue
to
vaccinate.
L
We
also
made
the
influenza
vaccine
a
part
of
our
initiative
this
year
as
well.
So
if
individuals
came
in
for
covert
boost
the
vaccines,
we
offered
them
the
flu
vaccines
as
well,
and
we
were
able
to
make
sure
that
we
had
individuals
again
that
represent
the
community.
Before
we
went
into
these
communities,
we
went
to
community
leaders
and
said:
how
could
we
reach
individuals
to
come
out
to
be
vaccinated
and
they
were
very
articulate
about
what
was
important
to
their
Community?
Some
said,
we
don't
want
media.
L
We
only
want
people
in
our
community
to
be
tested.
We
don't
want
Outsiders
in
our
community
and
we
respected
those
requests.
It
was
raining
if
it
was
really
cold,
because
we
knew
people
had
difficulty
with
Transportation
or
getting
out
of
the
house.
We
made
it
our
business
to
show
it
regardless.
We
started
to
notice
some
social
determinants
of
health,
so
we
partnered
with
the
food
bank
and
we
started
to
you
get
a
vaccine.
We
put
a
box
of
food
in
your
in
your
trunk.
L
We
were
able
to
partner
with
direct
relief
and
get
doordash
gift
cards
so
that
we
could
give
individuals
access
to
food.
We
partnered
with
low
country
Street
groceries,
and
now
we
have
a
program
where
we
were
delivering
on
Fresh,
rotors
and
fruit,
and
so,
while
we
were
in
the
community
doing
covert
testing
the
vaccines
we
identified
other
needs
and
we
tried
to
address
those
needs
as
well.
L
We
went
on
site
to
do
that
process
and
we
noticed
a
lot
of
literacy
issues.
So
we
took
a
lot
of
case
managers
out
and
we
actually
were
able
to
do
the
applications
assisted
individuals
in
doing
their
applications,
because
we
realized
a
lot
of
people
had
that
digital
divide,
where
they
didn't
have
internet.
Once
we
recognized
that
we
actually
started
to
bring
out
our
Plum
cases,
our
Wi-Fi
Plum
cases
and
we
set
up
tables
and
children
would
come
to
those
tables
and
do
their
homework.
L
While
we
were
doing
eight
hours
of
vaccine
clinics
outside
those
were
the
things
that,
for
me
were
very
humbly
because
we
would
go
into
communities
and
they
would
wait
on
us
that
week
and
their
children
would
come
out
and
sit
the
entire
eight
hours
to
do
their
homeworks
because
they
didn't
have
Wi-Fi
for
the
rest
of
the
week,
and
so
we
were
just
intentional.
We
went
in
those
communities
to
serve
and
adapt
with
the
community
needed
and
our
covert
Outreach.
You
know
if
you
did
a
lot
of
the
drive
UPS.
L
There
were
a
lot
of
stipulations.
You
couldn't
come
in
this
size
truck.
You
couldn't
bring
your
pets,
you
couldn't
bring
your
children,
we
we
just
accepted
it
all.
We
reached
out
to
Charleston
County
and
said
we
need
a
walk-up
Booth,
because
when
we
go
in
some
communities,
90
of
the
people
walk
up
that
next
week
they
were
able
to
deliver.
We
went
to
some
locations
in
the
inside.
Locations,
for
vaccines
are
too
small,
so
we
popped
up
tents
and
did
it
in
the
field.
L
We
used
our
faith-based
community
to
administer
vaccine
clinics
and
we
had
people
who
would
wait
in
line
and
run
out
of
gas.
So
we
started
taking
gas
with
us.
We
just
try
to
do
whatever
we
can
do
to
to
serve
those
communities
and
to
take
away
all
the
barriers
to
care,
and
that's
all
that
I
have
I.
Try
to
be
very
quick.
I
know
we're
on
a
time
limit.
But
if
you
have
any
questions,
I'll
take
questions.
A
L
I
L
Yeah
well,
there
are
communities
that
you
feel
like
we're
not
reaching.
Please
send
that
information
to
me
try
to
make
that
connection
with
someone
so
that
they're
comfortable
with
us
coming
in
and
if
you
have
community
events
or
activities
that
you
feel
like
the
community
will
benefit.
If
veterans
there
we'll
come
out
with
our
Medical
Mobile
units,
our
Dental
units
and
try
to
serve
those
communities
and
then
allow
the
share.
The
word
that,
regardless
of
their
ability
to
pay,
we
want
them
to
come
in
for
health
care,
because
that
positively
impacts.
A
H
Of
course,
thanks
again
I
thought:
I'd
start
with
covid
I
agree
with
Aretha,
saying
that
they
did
and
continue
to
do
so.
Much
good
work
in
the
community
around
covet,
testing
and
coveted
vaccinations
and
education,
and
we
still
have
we
still
have
work
to
do
the
pandemic
is,
is
not
over.
Yes,
we
did
hear
yesterday,
I
think
President
Biden
did
say
that
the
emergency
see
if
I
can
find
the
exact
words.
The
covet
emergency
declaration
would
end
in
the
U.S
on
May
the
11th.
H
We
don't
know
exactly
what
that's
going
to
mean,
and
there
has
been
discussion
about.
You
know
that
day
is
not
a
day
that
necessarily
vaccines
are
no
longer
going
to
be
free
of
charge
or
Paxil.
Goods
no
longer
could
be
free
of
charge
or
a
rapid
test,
but
it
will
begin
the
transition
to
to
vaccines
being
covered
in
the
regular
Health
Care
Market,
as
well
as
the
the
rapid
antigen
test
and
likely
paxilvid.
H
H
Dhec
still
has
the
the
web
page
that
does
discuss
where
vaccines
are
available
in
your
area.
So
please
take
advantage
of
that
by
a
valiant
vaccine.
Everyone
in
my
family
has
received
that
booster,
including
my
kids,
and,
and
we
definitely
recommend
that,
thankfully
cases
as
well
as
hospitalizations
have
begun
to
decrease
here
in
the
state
and
the
Low
Country
after
the
holidays,
where
we
did
see
some
increases,
we
still
had
48
new
deaths
reported
in
the
past
week
over
500
deaths
per
day.
H
So
there
is
I
think
good
data
to
say
that
there's
increased
protection
against
both
infection
and
severe
disease
with
getting
the
bivalent
booster
over
and
above
a
prior
infection
and
receiving
previous
covet
vaccines.
So
I
think
I'll.
Stop
there
with
the
vaccine.
Only
saying
that
you
know,
as
of
today,
only
15.5
percent
of
Americans
have
received
the
bivalent
booster,
so
we
definitely
still
have
work
to
do
in
am
I
sort
of
breaking
up
or
no
I.
H
Okay,
great,
let
me
know
if
that's
not
the
case
in
South
Carolina
32.5
of
those
65
and
over
have
received
their
bivalent
booster,
but
only
11.4
of
those
ages,
five
and
over
so
so
still
a
ways
to
go.
Paul
asked
me
to
mention
the
variance
you
may
have
seen
some
news
about
the
xbb
1.5
variant
that
is
increasingly
becoming
a
dominant
variant.
Across
the
Nation
but
South
Carolina
puts
out
a
weekly
variant
analysis
and
we're
still
seeing
mostly
the
ba5
variant.
H
Both
of
those
are
Omicron
sort
of
variance
or
outgrowth
of
the
Omicron
variant.
So
I
don't
think
that
that
should
change.
You
know
what
we're
doing,
but
I
think
it
continues
to
emphasize
the
need
for
us
to
keep
covid
on
our
radar
and
take
whatever
preventive
steps
are
needed.
That
may
be
masking
if
you
yourself
are
high
risk
or
you're
around
those
that
are
high
risk
certainly
involves
receiving
your
bivalent
booster
if
you've
not
already
and
and
having
a
supply
of
Rapid
antigen
tests.
H
In
case
you
have
been
notified
that
you
were
exposed
or
you
become
symptomatic.
We
already
talked
about
the
the
kova
test
available
at
DHEC,
as
well
as
the
free
safety
kits
I
wanted
to
mention
an
article
that
was
in
the
posting
Courier
yesterday
on
the
Cannabis
Edibles
and
the
increases
in
emergency
department
visits
and
in
hospitalizations
with
children
who
get
a
hold
of
cannabis,
Edibles
that
are
often
in
the
look
like
gummy
bears
or
cookies
or
brownies,
and
and
this
can
be
dangerous.
H
So
if
a
child
is
looking
unusually
lethargic
or
maybe
overly
animated,
maybe
displaying
dizziness
trouble
walking
a
rapid
heart
rate.
All
of
those
may
be
reasons,
especially
if
the
family
knows
sit
there,
cannabis
Edibles
in
the
home
to
to
seek
care.
We've
already
talked
about
American
Heart
month,
that
is
across
February,
and
thank
you
Paul
for
wearing
red.
H
It
was
part
of
a
year-long
national
Dialogue
on
the
intersection
of
racism
and
the
HIV
as
a
Public
Health
crisis
and
Charleston
was
featured
for
a
three-hour
Dialogue
on
the
26th,
and
we
had
a
variety
of
of
Charleston
participants
that
I
really
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
this
will
be
recorded.
It
was
recorded
and
it
will
be
available
for
watching
on
the
iapac
website.
H
Soon
I'll
ask
Paul
to
send
that
out
when
it
is
available,
but
we
started
with
a
webinar
called
setting
the
stage
Health
Equity
challenges
and
Charleston's
HIV
responses.
We
had
Dr
Tawana
Philpott
Brown
from
the
Ryan
White
Wellness
Center
at
Roper
Michael
Luciano
from
Palmetto
Community
Care
and
sakivia
Lewis
Kendrick
from
MUSC
highlighted
on
that
panel.
We
then
moved
to
check
Town,
intersectionality
infrastructure
segregation
and
food
access
really
looking
at
Social
determinants
of
Health
giona
Johnson,
director
of
the
city
of
Charleston's,
Housing
and
Community
of
development.
H
So
many
thanks
to
Paul
for
helping
to
to
organize
that
half
day
of
dialogue
and
I
really
encourage
those
of
you
who
are
interested
to
to
watch
farther.
All
of
that
recording
and
I
think
our
next
steps
really
I
think
are
to
to
build
on
some
of
the
themes
that
came
out
around
access
around
going
to
where
those
in
the
community
need
us
around.
I
H
That's
a
good
question
and,
and
Jennifer
may
be
able
to
to
jump
in
here
as
well.
Narcan
is
not
harmful
to
those
who
are
not
experiencing
an
opioid
overdose,
so
it's
never
a
bad
thing
to
to
try
it.
It's
usually
not
a
sort
of
I
mean
I,
think
for
for
a
heart
attack
or
for
an
arrhythmia.
You
might
see
someone
drop,
you
know,
sort
of
be
totally
acting
normally
in
front
of
you
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
just
drop.
H
That's
generally
not
the
case
for
an
opioid
overdose,
I
think
they're,
more
gradually
become
sondilant
and,
and
so
I
think
that
is
is
one
way
to
know.
I
I
certainly
think
CPR
is
also
you
know
called
for.
If
the
ABCs
of
looking
for
Airway,
breathing
and
pulse
are
done
and
that's
you
know
an
issue,
so
Narcan
can
always
be
used
in
concert
with
CPR
and
obviously
9-1-1
needs
to
needs
to
be
called,
but
Narcan
Works
quickly.
H
It
may
need
to
be
used
again,
and
so
there
are
two
narcans
within
the
Box
and
the
second
one
can
be
used
several
minutes
later.
Sometimes
people
recover
very
quickly,
but
then
often
or
may
need
the
second
dose,
as
as
the
sort
of
opioid
receptors
again
are,
are
what's
the
word.
Basically,
the
opioids
can
begin
to
show
their
effects
again
as
the
the
Narcan
wears
off
so
Jennifer.
You
have
any
other
thoughts.
There
comments.
C
D
L
So
I
would
agree
what
Katie
said.
What
we've
seen
is
it
the
the
one
case
I
experienced
in
the
lobby
not
so
long
ago?
Was
the
person
just
kind
of
stopped
talking
and
then
had
a
reaction,
and
so
the
providers
came
out
and
administered
in
our
crime,
but
we
actually
had
an
end
service
from
Charleston
Place
for
our
providers
as
well
and
even
our
front
desk
staff,
because
most
of
the
time
they
don't
make
it
to
the
medical
providers.
You
have
to
be
other
community
members.
That's
aware
of.
H
Yes,
so
so
I'll
cover
the
other
agencies
first,
there's
day
Otis,
which
is
Charleston
Center.
They
provide
both
inpatient
and
Outpatient
Treatment
around
drug
and
alcohol
abuse,
there's
DSS,
which
I'm
sure
does
more
than
I
no,
but
but
they
provide
the
health
and
connections
and
work
on
helping
people
get
Medicaid
services
if
they
are
eligible
and
the
Department
of
Mental
Health
will
have
their
crisis
stabilization,
Center,
there's
Jennifer
was
mentioning
and
then
within
DHEC
we
have
Vital
Records
there.
H
So
it's
the
vital
records
hub
for
Charleston,
County,
birth
certificates,
death
certificates
and
I
think
marriage
certificates
as
well
is
available.
There.
We
have
Maternal
Child
help.
We
have
WIC,
we
have
preventive
Health,
which
is
sexually
transmitted,
infections,
diagnosis
and
treatment,
and
Family
Planning
Services,
there's
immunizations
we're
about
to
have
immunizations
at
Charleston,
County,
Health
Department.
Right
now
we
have
immunization
certificates.
H
So
if
someone
needs
a
certificate
of
what
vaccines
they've
received,
they
are
able
to
get
that
now
at
Charleston
County
health
department
and
soon
we'll
be
able
to
get
immunizations
there
as
well.
We
provide
treatment
and
diagnosis
for
tuberculosis
at
that
side,
and
many
of
our
management
offices
are
there
as
well,
so
lots.
H
Under
One,
Roof
I
do
hope
at
some
point
and
we'll
probably
be
talking
to
Jennifer
about
this.
We
hope
to
do
some
sort
of
community
fair
to
to
let
the
public
know
that
we
are
there
and
what
services
are
offered
and
and
I
the
library
will
be
open
soon.
So
it's
really
it's
going
to
be
a
great
site.
The
transit
Hub
it's
close
by
and
it's
yeah
I
think
it.
It
will
be
a
great
benefit
to
the
community.
A
Good
any
other
questions
for
Dr
Katie
Richardson.
Well,
thank
you,
Dr
Richardson,
another
very
thorough
report.
As
always,
and
thank
you
for
all
you
do
and
for
for
sharing
all
that
great
information
again
want
to
thank
Aretha
play
powers
for
joining
us
and
giving
us
some
great
information
as
well,
and
thank
you
to
all
of
you
who
spend
so
much
time
to
help
the
City
of
Charleston
be
a
healthier
and
better
run
City.
So
our
next
meeting
will
be
March
1st
at
9.