The Arras Foundation is dedicated to making a lasting impact on the health and well-being of the communities of Lancaster County, Fort Lawn, and Great Falls. The Foundation was established in and has worked to support the needs of the community through partnerships with local nonprofit organizations. Priority is given to evidence-informed projects that will have a significant and long-lasting impact on the community.
Collaborative partnerships that respond to community needs are highly encouraged. Services include counseling, psychiatric assessment, medication management, crisis intervention, and other services to those experiencing serious mental illness and significant emotional disorders. The District boasts three high schools, almost teachers and is a Microsoft Education Alliance District, one of only twelve in the United States! Our hiTEC initiative Helping Integrate Technology, Education and Careers places a state-of-the-art, take-home tablet in the hands of each high school student and all teachers.
The District is working with our community to have graduates ready and able to compete in a 21st century global economy. Cooperative Health is a Federally Qualified Health Center with the mission to provide accessible, high quality compassionate health care in the spirit of The Good Samaritan. We welcome those who are insured, uninsured, or underinsured. A sliding fee scale is available for families in economic distress and no one is denied care due to an inability to pay.
There are five elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, one alternative school, and one career and technology center serving more than students. Notably, McCrorey-Liston School of Technology, Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science, Geiger Elementary, and Kelly Miller Elementary were named Palmetto Gold Award Schools for attaining high levels of absolute performance, for attaining high rates of growth, and for making substantial progress in closing the achievement gap between disaggregated groups.
The District has over employees. The mission of the Good Samaritan Free Medical Clinic is to provide free primary healthcare for eligible residents of Chester County and SC counties without a free clinic, who cannot pay and have no health insurance of any kind.
