Daulton Gantt
North Charleston
Summary
Strategic community services leader with over 35 years in public-sector and nonprofit roles, overseeing initiatives that enhance access to youth, family, workforce, housing, behavioral health, and justice services. Expertise in uniting agencies and partners around resident-centered strategies to optimize program operations, compliance, resource management, and equitable service delivery.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Concern Specialist
Charleston County School District
North Charleston
08.2024 - Current
- Accelerated assistance by strengthening referral pathways among school teams and community partners, improving access to necessary services.
- Expanded school-based access by coordinating referrals and partnerships, increasing support for students and families facing various barriers.
- Advance multidisciplinary service planning by helping teams assess needs, prioritize interventions, track progress, and reduce barriers to participation.
- Promoted student safety and engagement through effective crisis response, advocacy, and resource navigation.
Behavior Interventionist
Mevers School of Excellence / Charter School USA
Goose Creek
11.2022 - 05.2024
- Managed daily intervention operations for students needing intensive behavioral, social-emotional, and crisis support, ensuring effective implementation of individualized strategies.
- Promoted consistency in schoolwide support practices by advising leaders and staff on coordinated response strategies and behavior plans, enhancing overall student behavior outcomes.
- Strengthened alignment between school and home supports through family engagement and intervention planning, improving communication and accountability in student behavior management.
Intensive Supervision Officer
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
North Charleston
10.2021 - 11.2022
- Strengthened individualized planning by aligning risk and needs assessments with court requirements and available community resources to ensure tailored interventions.
- Enhanced rehabilitation and compliance through systematic follow-through with providers, regular progress reviews, and comprehensive case documentation.
- Coordinated services for court-involved youth and families, addressing complex rehabilitative, behavioral, and social-service needs to support successful outcomes.
Workforce Development Adult/Youth Career Coach
Eckerd Connects
North Charleston
11.2017 - 10.2021
- Increased participant access to education, training, employment, transportation, and stabilization supports through comprehensive assessments, service planning, and targeted referrals.
- Enhanced employment and credential pathways by developing partnerships with employers, training providers, nonprofits, and community organizations, supported by precise performance documentation.
- Provided community-based workforce services for youth and adults, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and organizational requirements.
Community Specialist II
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
Moncks Corner
09.2011 - 09.2017
- Expanded access to community intervention services for at-risk and justice-involved youth through coordination of behavioral, educational, mentoring, and family-support referrals, enhancing service utilization.
- Enhanced service follow-through by developing collaborative plans with schools, courts, families, and providers to address barriers and ensure consistent participation.
- Improved supervision, referral, detention, and release decisions through timely documentation and case recommendations, ensuring effective service coordination.
Mental Health Technician
Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health
North Charleston
06.2010 - 09.2011
- Facilitated client stability and program continuity in structured youth behavioral health environment for individuals with complex emotional and behavioral needs.
- Enhanced consistency of care by implementing treatment-plan support, safety protocols, therapeutic activities, behavior monitoring, de-escalation, and timely intervention.
- Monitored patient behavior and reported changes to medical staff.
- Assisted in daily living activities and personal care for patients.
- Maintained a safe and therapeutic environment for all patients.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science and Government
Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SCSkills
- Student Support Services
- Student Advocacy
- Crisis Intervention
- Behavioral Health Support
- Case Management Systems
- Youth and Family Services
- Program oversight
- Resource Alignment
- Stakeholder engagement
- Agency collaboration
- Workforce development
- Service improvement
- Team Leadership
- Executive leadership
- Public Sector Operations
Community Governance And Civic Leadership
- Charleston County Diversity Committee
- Young Men with Purpose
- Project L.I.N.K.
- Charleston County School District Career and Technology Advisory Council
- Mayor's Council on Homelessness and Affordable Housing
Earlier Experience
Selected Earlier Roles, 01/01/89, 12/31/09, Expanded family access to school-based, therapeutic, rehabilitative, housing, economic development, and public human-services supports., Managed program delivery through staff supervision, budgeting, compliance, documentation, resident outreach, coalition-building, partner coordination, and service planning., Built credibility across public education, behavioral health, United Way, housing and economic development, local government, and state social services organizations.
Leadership Highlights
- Directed cross-sector initiatives across youth, workforce, housing, juvenile justice, education, behavioral health, and family services.
- Built multi-agency partnerships with schools, courts, employers, nonprofits, providers, families, and public agencies.
- Strengthened accountability through outreach, referral pathways, documentation, compliance monitoring, and follow-through.
- Guided teams through intervention planning, crisis response, resource alignment, and complex service challenges.
- Advanced resident-centered service systems by aligning education, justice, workforce, behavioral health, housing, and nonprofit partners around shared community outcomes.
Timeline
Student Concern Specialist
Charleston County School District
08.2024 - Current
Behavior Interventionist
Mevers School of Excellence / Charter School USA
11.2022 - 05.2024
Intensive Supervision Officer
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
10.2021 - 11.2022
Workforce Development Adult/Youth Career Coach
Eckerd Connects
11.2017 - 10.2021
Community Specialist II
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
09.2011 - 09.2017
Mental Health Technician
Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health
06.2010 - 09.2011
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science and Government
Winthrop University