SC Department of Social Services
Phone:
Address:
1535 Confederate Avenue
Columbia, SC 29204
United States
Overview
The Department of Social Services provides protective services for children and vulnerable adults, adoption, and foster care services. It administers federal Title IV-B Child Welfare Services and Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance programs.
Additionally, a commodities program distributes supplemental food through a network of food banks. Other food programs provide financial assistance for child and adult care providers, homeless shelters, and summer feeding sites for children.
Reports on abuse and neglect.