The unmet need that I choose for my project would be providing facilities that help the people of the community with substance abuse.
Community Name
Saint Helena Island
Description of the community needs
Saint Helena Island found within the county of Beaufort, South Carolina. The city is scenically and has a string reservation of the culture of antebellum. There is a reconstruction monument that symbolizes the after civil war reconstruction. There are military establishments that are located in Beaufort, such as the US Naval Hospital, Paris Island, and the Marine Air Station. Two thousand eighteen census statistics indicate the population of the area as being 188,715 within the city boundaries. The racial distribution stands at Asians being 1.4 %, African Americans 18.2 %, and whites 77.9%. The possible needs for this population are providing affordable facilities, proper care to help those in the community that is suffering from substance abuse. Another need is eliminating the ongoing violence in the community.
Community Needs that are Currently Being Met
The community needs that are currently being met are the mayor and police department working together to try to cut down the crime rate for a safer community. Beaufort County Sheriff Department is working with the community and taking the necessary steps to provide more safety checks, holding town hall meetings to educate the community, and providing safety tips on how to stay safe. Youth and adult males ages 18- 50 would benefit from seeking assistance from Human Services. Substance abuse is one of the biggest problems in the community, and seeking help from human services professionals would be beneficial. Services available to the population is a program provided through the Department of Social Services. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center, which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC, which is a temporary live-in facility. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center, which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC, which is a temporary live-in facility. The program provides referrals to the local outpatient treatment center which allows people to return home, and send those that are willing to Morris Village located in Columbia, SC which is a temporary live in facility.
Community that were identified as not being met or population not being served
The community is not being served as it should be because of the lack of facility treatment centers in the community. Crimes are something else that needs to be addressed in the community. The police are slow in the process of stopping and solving crimes in a timely matter. The community is afraid to come forward because of the lack of protection. Funding and facilities are needed to help the people in the community overcome their addiction, which needs to be affordable for people without insurance. There is only one facility in the city, and before you are allowed to attend, you have to be referred by a professional. For those who need more advanced treatment, the closet facility is three hours away, and it is not affordable for people without insurance. The city of Beaufort or Saint Helena Island does not provide these kinds of treatment facilities locally. Families have to drive their loved one long distances to get the help that they need. The people are not getting help, and they continue to cause problems in the community. Head-on collisions, drug overdose, rape, and shootings are some of the issues that the community is experiencing. The community needs to be addressed through appropriate planning to face these challenges (Mannix et al, 2018).
Choose and identify one unmet need
The unmet need that I choose for my project would be providing facilities that help the people of the community with substance abuse.
References
Mannix, T. R., Austin, S. D., Baayd, J. L., & Simonsen, S. E. (2018). A community needs assessment of urban Utah American Indians and Alaska Natives. Journal of community health, 43(6), 1217-1227. Retrieved from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29938368
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