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Fostering Great Ideas has created this handbook to help Foster Parents with a variety of topics

Introduction to Foster Care

The Foster Care Program of the South Carolina Department of Social Services is centered on three primary purposes: child safety, legal permanency, and child wellbeing.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services is committed to providing placement environments for children in foster care that promote their safety, stability, and wellbeing. The Foster Family Licensing and Support Unit within the agency is responsible for contributing to this objective through the recruitment, licensing, monitoring, and support of foster families.

The Department of Social Services is the principal agency in South Carolina that has responsibility for establishing, developing, maintaining, and monitoring a resource family program in accordance with federal and state mandates.

 Foster homes providing care, maintenance, and supervision for no more than six (6) children, including the natural or adopted children of the foster parent; shall comply with the following:

DHEC offers an orthodontics program through their Division of Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (CYSHCN) for eligible children and teens.

Eligibility is based on the presence of a functional impairment that meets the qualifications established by DHEC. 

Resource document shared by PFLAG of Greenville to help foster parents caring for LGBTQ+ youth. 

Health Care in Foster Care

DSS Health Care Guidance

The purpose of this presentation is to foster collaboration between all members of the child’s well-being team to achieve the Standard of Care set forth by the agency

This formula bank is a collaboration between LiveWell Greenville's Food Security Coalition, Prisma Health, Molina Healthcare, DHHS, DHEC, and Catholic Charities. It was created to bridge access to infant formula access for families awaiting WIC enrollment.