About the Scott County Partnership
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The Scott County Partnership, Inc. is an exciting way that the people of Scott County (business leaders, educators, civic leaders, faith community, social service and other organizations) join forces in a collaborative process to create new systems and address long term community challenges.
Our Mission: The Scott County Partnership is an anchor for community collaboration to promote a better quality of life and improve the overall wellness of our neighbors.
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To be a Partnership of community representatives, from both private and public sectors, working together for the purpose of envisioning and planning through identifying local needs and finding assets to create positive solutions.
To coordinate crisis efforts in Scott County through community-wide partnership of caring individuals, organizations, and churches to help those in need and promote self-sufficiency.
To break down barriers for families trapped in the cycle of dependency and to create systems to increase family self-sufficiency in Scott County.
To strengthen the community by preparing youth with the skills that will enable them to be responsible and contributing members of society.
To coordinate efforts so that Scott County residents have access to quality health care, mental health care, substance misuse prevention, treatment and recovery care, and social policies that will empower people to recover and live their best lives.
Collaborate with community partners to ensure a variety of employment and training services exist for Scott County residents for the purpose of enhancing their knowledge and skills to ensure maximum employability, self-sufficiency, and a higher quality of life.
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To be a Partnership of community representatives, from both private and public sectors, working together for the purpose of envisioning and planning through identifying local needs and finding assets to create positive solutions.
To coordinate crisis efforts in Scott County through community-wide partnership of caring individuals, organizations, and churches to help those in need and promote self-sufficiency.
To break down barriers for families trapped in the cycle of dependency and to create systems to increase family self-sufficiency in Scott County.
To strengthen the community by preparing youth with the skills that will enable them to be responsible and contributing members of society.
To coordinate efforts so that Scott County residents have access to quality health care, mental health care, substance misuse prevention, treatment and recovery care, and social policies that will empower people to recover and live their best lives.
Collaborate with community partners to ensure a variety of employment and training services exist for Scott County residents for the purpose of enhancing their knowledge and skills to ensure maximum employability, self-sufficiency, and a higher quality of life.
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Heather Law, Executive Director
Beth Trabue, Scott County Clearinghouse Director
Macy Baker-Amick, Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
Mary Holwager, Clearinghouse Assistant
Bobby Parks, Clearinghouse Assistant
Jessica Combs, Outreach & Enrollment Specialist for Covering Kids & Families
Brandy Blank, Outreach & Enrollment Specialist for Covering Kids & Families
Dawn Sanders, Outreach & Enrollment Specialist for Covering Kids & Families
Tabitha Drum, SCARB (Scott County Attendance Review Board) Case Manager
Melinda Lowry, Drug Free Communities Youth Coordinator
Dylan Baker, Drug-Free Communities Coordinator
Caity Rice, Substance Misuse Prevention Director & Analyst
Garrett Peevey, AmeriCorps Program Director
Tiffney Mack, Custodian
Jacob Phillips, Prevention Education Director
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Darcie Goodin, President
Jene Bridgewater, President-Elect
Jaime Toppe, Secretary
Jan Hardy, Treasurer
Jean Robbins
Lauren Perryman
Melissa Smith
Our History
The Scott County Partnership, Inc. is an exciting way that the people of Scott County (business leaders, educators, civic leaders, faith community, social service and other organizations) join forces in a collaborative process to create new systems and address long term community challenges.
The idea of the Scott County Partnership was born in 1995, when community leaders believed that if all people and systems currently in place share a common vision, work together and maximize resources, then we can solve many of the challenges we face.
The Partnership was formalized with bylaws in 1997 and incorporated in 1998. A 30-member board of directors and several committees meet frequently to envision and to plan.
The initial long term goals created in 1995 were:
Strengthen local school-to-work programs
Develop comprehensive, seamless delivery of services for maintaining employability in a 21st century economy, especially amount the current workforce
Increase awareness of opportunity, advancement, and available training within Scott County
Promote local responsibility and personal self-reliance as cornerstones of change in Scott County
Partnership staff facilitate communication, coordinate activities among diverse groups, compile action plans, and secure finding for community initiatives.
Today’s world is very complex. We need personal, community and social or economic networks to survive. Positive outcomes come through an emphasis on networking through relationships and incorporating the very best of community ideals we use local resources, volunteers, businesses, churches, agencies and governmental entities to meet local needs by connecting people in partnerships. Positive outcomes are occurring in Scott County…. Through Partnership.
The Clearinghouse Was Born
The Scott County Community Clearinghouse (now known as the Nelson Spaulding Community Clearinghouse) was envisioned by the community and built in a day by the community in 1999. It exists as both a system and a building helping those less fortunate in our community.
Lifelong Learning Center Began
The LifeLong Learning Center (LLLC) opened in 2001 as a result of a community visioning process led by the Scott County Community Foundation for the purpose of providing a variety of employment and training services to Scott County residents. Initially, it was a one-stop center to address workforce and adult educational needs for Scott County. In 2002, the LLLC opened the Industrial Training Center where Industrial Maintenance training was provided.
As the needs for employers and for training increased over time, the Mid-America Science Park opened in 2011 to provide a location where more training with advanced manufacturing skills could be offered. The LLLC continues to be a place where basic level education is provided prior to the need for higher level training and education.
CAPE – Community Alliance Promoting Education
In 2001, the Scott County Community Foundation approached the Scott County Partnership to request assistance in writing a CAPE grant to Eli Lilly Foundation. Carolyn King, the Executive Director of the Partnership at the time, initiated focus groups and interviews seeking information from the community. She, along with the community, wrote both the planning grant and the CAPE grant. As a result of those efforts, Scott County received a $5 million grant from Eli Lilly for educational initiatives. Initial CAPE goals were addressed and continue to create positive educational and lifelong outcomes by creating a web of support and technology for Scott County families.
The original CAPE goals were:
Goal 1: The Scott County high school drop-out rate will decrease due to targeted intervention with youth at risk for educational failure.
Goal 2: An increased percentage of students and adults in the community will access higher education opportunities.
Goal 3: Employers find new applicants computer literate and ready for today’s workforce.
Goal 4: Family members understand their role in their child’s educational success at each developmental stage and participate actively in their child’s education.
Goal 5: Education will be articulated as a valuable resource throughout the community.