History
Over the past ten years York County has experienced an incredible influx of newly migrated persons from many different countries from around the world, with the majority being Spanish speaking.
With the population of non-English speaking people living here in our county growing at such a fast pace, the language barrier became an obvious obstacle for them to be able to obtain even basic services.
In August of 2000, the Hispanic Task Force of York County met for the first round table discussion, bringing together the major service providers of our county. The City of Rock Hill initiated this Task Force.
The undisputed conclusion of the Hispanic Task Force was York County needed a non-profit agency that would offer assistance to our non-English speaking population and to our agencies that are serving them. We also agreed the ICYC would have a “trouble shooter” role, in that we would identify areas of our county that needed improving concerning our non-English speaking population and find ways to meet their needs.
In 2003, the dream of our ICYC became reality. We received our non-profit status. The Rock Hill School District’s Family Resource Center offered us office space, and the City of Rock Hill shared their Hispanic Community Liaison with the ICYC.
Since 2003 we have served more than 700 clients. We have a wonderful base of volunteers that make our work possible, many of whom are Winthrop University Students.
We have to say that all of this was possible due to our incredible community working together to meet this need. From our City Government to our School Districts, our University and Community College, Law Enforcement and our Telephone Company, not to mention many individual businesses, all have worked together to make our ICYC possible.