Securing Food, Shelter, Safety & Transportation

The Food, Shelter, Safety and Transportation (FSST) Community Council is focused on meeting individuals' basic needs. The FSST Council develops programs that ensure people at risk have access to nutritious food and stable housing in a safe community. It creates opportunities for reasonably priced and timely transportation to employment and services and advances a community of self-sufficient citizens. Additionally, the Council is currently extending its role from safety net services to programs that allow people to build towards their futures.  FSST Council will include strategies to promote financial stability and economic independence for hardworking individuals and families while still keeping the safety net in place.
The FSST Council has offered four rounds of competitive funding (2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008) for programs that target priorities in Facing Facts in the areas of Basic Needs and Income. Councils also work on a variety of Community Initiatives and projects to address the priorities of Facing Facts. For more information on the FSST Council, contact Jennifer Moore at jmoore@uway.org.

2008-2009 Food, Shelter, Safety and Transportation Community Council Members

Director, FSST Council: Jennifer Moore, United Way of the Midlands
Chair: Tiaa Rutherford, Richland County
Vice-Chair: Clanitra Stewart, SC Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Transportation Chair: Lill Mood, Retired
Emergency Services Chair: David Parker, USC School of Medicine, Office of Supportive Housing
Members:
The Rev. Mollie Bame, Trenholm Road United Methodist Church
Stephen Byrne, SCANA
Beth Crocker, SC Department of Agriculture
Brittany Doten, CMRTA, Veolia Transportation
Sarah Fawcett, Edens & Avant
Sherri Fletcher, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Diane Frea, The State Newspaper
Frank Garcia, Consultant
Reenea Harrison, University of South Carolina
Joe Herndon, Retired
Patrick Hickey, University of South Carolina
Denise Holland, Harvest Hope Food Bank
Derrick Huggins, University of South Carolina
Tandra Ingram, Consultant
Rose Lopez, Growing Home Southeast
Derek Mathis, Miller-Valentine Group
Eva Nance, Bank of America
Stephanie Plummer, SC Office of Regulatory Staff
Barbara Rippy, Alston Wilkes Society
Kathi Snipes, Security Federal
Heather Srulevich, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
Bill Turner, Columbia Housing Authority