The “Dream Casters” Team

The “Dream Casters” Team Hero Image

Team members: Fabien Bernardot, Cody Butts, Dawn Deck, Shirene Hansotia, Jaquetta Ross, Alexis Stoner, Carolyn Swinton, Derrick Williams, Matt Wilson

The Dream Casters team developed an awareness campaign strategy to support the work of The SC Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP). MLP is a partnership between three agencies: Prisma Health, Furman University, and South Carolina Legal Services (SCLS). Through this partnership, a health care provider identifies a potential health harming legal need, and directly refers the patient to a lawyer located at the Center for Developmental Services. MLP currently provides legal services for pediatric patients (0-21 years) with developmental disabilities and special needs, and geriatric patients (50+ years) in low‐income families who are patients of Prisma Health Upstate healthcare providers.

The MLP offers a wide range of civil legal services through South Carolina Legal Services for eligible families and examples include: Guardianship/ Conservatorship, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Housing (conditions, landlord disputes, eviction), Academic support/IEP representation, and other civil areas of law.

The Dream Casters team interviewed a member of each agency and created a promotional video to accomplish the following objectives:

  • Explain and heighten the awareness of MLP in South Carolina
  • Increase partnership with legal and medical providers
  • Attract increased funding and donor support

Meet other fellows from this class.