SC Campaign Annual Report 2012-2013 December 2013 | Page 7

The Point at Tobias a shining star of Spartanburg County

COLLECTIVE IMPACT PROJECT
Throughout South Carolina, there are numerous bright spots when
it comes to teen pregnancy prevention. Investments are being made
with federal, state, local and private dollars; programs are being
implemented at a high level and in a variety of locations. While this
is a positive trend, these grants and programs are often funded in a
vacuum without a way to measure the collective impact of all that is
going on. Perhaps more troubling, far too often these programs are
also funded without mechanisms for long-term sustainability.
In June 2012, the SC Campaign received funding from The Duke
Endowment to address each of these issues. Specifically, this funding
has allowed the SC Campaign to assemble a leadership group of
stakeholders and decision makers from a variety of agencies to begin
the process of working more collaboratively on the issue of funding
and implementing teen pregnancy prevention programs. In addition
to the