Rebecca Williams-Agee MSW, MPA
Rebecca is the Handle With Care Statewide Coordinator. Rebecca comes to the USC School of Medicine Center for Disability Resources with over 20 years of experience in the social justice field. Most recently, Rebecca worked as the Head of Training and Development in the Office of Health Equity and Inclusion at SC DHEC.
Rebecca began her career as a social worker with a small caseload of boys at the SC Department of Juvenile Justice. Her work with system-involved youth and their Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) led to her career focus on addressing systemic barriers to achieving positive social determinants of health, especially for historically unserved and marginalized communities.
Rebecca worked with and for survivors of sexual and intimate violence for over 11 years at the SC Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (SCCADVASA) and was a part of the first training cohort of ACE Master Trainers trained by Children’s Trust. Her work focused on training service providers about the importance of responding to survivors and their families in a trauma-informed way. Rebecca has developed and delivered training on a variety of topics, including: the effects of ACEs on Adolescent Development; Understanding the Effects of ACEs on Historically Marginalized Communities; and Creating Safe and Trauma-Informed Spaces for Service Provision.
Rebecca completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at Furman University and went on to complete her Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration degrees at the University of South Carolina. Rebecca enjoys working with communities to identify and build on their strengths and is excited to collaborate with communities across the state to further the work of Handle With Care across the State of South Carolina.