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Tri-County Project Care
Project Care Gets $300,000 Endowment
Source: Post and Courier, July 22, 2002
Written by: Jonathan Maze

The Duke Endowment has awarded $300,000 to CareAlliance Health Services for project Tri-County Project Care, a physician-initiated program that provides low-cost health care for working people who do not have access to health insurance.

Tri-County Project Care is geared toward Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester county residents who are ineligible for other programs, such as Medicare or Medicaid, and who have incomes that fall within federal poverty levels.

The program, initiated by the Charleston County Medical Society, will serve about 5,000 area residents over the next three years, according to the society. It will focus initially on uninsured people who use hospital emergency rooms for basic care rather than regularly see a primary care doctor. A variety of inpatient and outpatient services, with co-payments of between $20 and $100, will be available.

"These funds from the Duke Endowment are so important to Project Care in this initial year of service to our community," said Tomi Youngblood, vice president of Government and Community Relations for CareAlliance Health Services. "This program will help improve the lives of many individuals in the Charleston area, and we are indeed grateful."

The Duke Endowment is a private foundation established in 1924 by industrialist and philanthropist James B. Duke. The endowment's mission is to serve the people of North Carolina and South Carolina by supporting selected programs of higher education, health care, children's welfare, and spiritual life.

CareAlliance Health Services operates Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, Roper Hospital, Roper Rehabilitation Hospital and Roper Berkeley Day Hospital. CareAlliance employs more than 3,500.