Insuring healthy early child development prevents serious problems in later years. What already exists is made to work even better for the benefit of children and families in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties. The community takes responsibility for all children. Effective parenting can be learned.
Every child has potential.
A strong community builds upon assets, strengths and capabilities of children and their families. By 6 is to act as a catalyst to the community to ensure that all children enter school ready to achieve their full potential. The 1998 Community-wide Needs Assessment of the Trident Area identified school readiness as one of the most important issues facing our community. During the summer of 1999, Byron Davis, who chairs the state-wide Success By 6 initiative and serves on the Board of Trident United Way, recruited Dr. Charles P. Darby, Jr., Chairman and Pediatrician in Chief at MUSC Children's Hospital, to chair a Leadership Committee for the local initiative. By 6 Leadership Committee is taking a closer look at the needs and resources available for children and their families.