PICKENS COUNTY — The South Carolina Office of Resilience is proud to announce the grand opening of four regional offices to support long term disaster recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. The week of September 22, SCOR will be hosting grand opening events for the community to come meet the team, tour the offices, and learn more about the services offered by the South Carolina Office of Resilience.
Ribbon cutting ceremonies are scheduled at each of the four newly established regional offices, located in Columbia, Central, Spartanburg, and Aiken.
Region 3 & Disaster Case Management Headquarters Office: Monday, September 22 at 11:00 am. The office is located at 2100 Bull Street, Columbia, SC 29201.
Region 1 Office: Tuesday, September 23 at 11:00 am. The office is located at 100 Church Street, Central, SC 29630.
Region 2 Office: Wednesday, September 24 at 1:00 pm. The office is located at 145 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29306.
Region 6 Office: Thursday, September 25 at 1:00 pm. The office is located at 900 Trail Ridge Road, Aiken, SC 29803.
Each regional office is staffed with a team of disaster case managers. Disaster case management (DCM) is a process involving a partnership between a case manager and a survivor with disaster caused unmet needs. Both the survivor and case manager work to develop an Individualized Recovery Plan addressing unmet needs, whether these are physical, financial or emotional, by connecting citizens to a variety of resources. In addition to working with resources from non-profit and other sources, case managers also conduct intake for SCOR’s state and federally funded housing recovery programs, which focus on the repair and replacement of homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Helene. More information about these programs can be found at scor.sc.gov/helene.
In addition to working with impacted individuals in these new physical offices, disaster case managers will also be conducting mobile intake events across their respective regions. At mobile intakes, citizens may drop in without needing an appointment to meet with case managers to discuss their needs and connect them with community disaster recovery resources. Mobile intakes currently scheduled can be found at scor.sc.gov/public-engagement, with more to be added soon.