Today’s blog is written by Antiwan Tate with My Brother’s Keeper. Connect Spartanburg is not just for teens but is also a great resource for building the capacity of youth serving agencies to improve youth outcomes. Today’s guest blog...

Today’s blog is by Emily Bartels, Program Specialist at Reach Out and Read Carolinas. Reach Out and Read Carolinas and Converse College partnered to form the first ever Social Systems Leadership Internship during the Spring 2017 semester. You might be...

The Mary Black Foundation has launched the Healthy Families Initiative (HFI) in partnership with the Children’s Trust of South Carolina and the Hope Center for Children.  To date, 35 practitioners, representing nine (9) organizations, have been trained to deliver...

Today’s blog is written by Molly Chappell-McPhail, Executive Director of BirthMatters. BirthMatters’ Doula program is an innovative home visiting model that bridges the gap between healthcare and social services to provide continuity of care for underserved women and children during...

Data released earlier this year, shows that, for the first time in history, Spartanburg’s teen birth rate is below the state average.  There has been a 53% decline in teen births over the past five years and Spartanburg has...