Palmetto Community Action Partnership

Our Mission The Mission of Palmetto Community Action Partnership is to serve economically underserved residents of Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties by promoting economic independence through programs and partnerships. About Us Palmetto Community Action Partnership (formerly known as Charleston County Human Services Commission) helps the economically disadvantaged residents of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties to develop customized solutions to situational and generational poverty. We do this by partnering with faith-based organizations, schools, private business, non-profits, government and communities to provide short-term basic needs assistance, crisis intervention and long-term financial empowerment services. Financial assistance is provided in the form of micro-grants that private citizens apply for that are administered directly to a third-party vendor. Empowerment services are generally provided in-house by Palmetto CAP’s qualified staff. Palmetto CAP effectively uses federal, state, local and private resources to address the root causes that lead to poverty (both situational and generational) on a local level.