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Prospective Foster Parent

Foster care is a temporary home when children and youth cannot safely remain in their homes due to neglect and abuse. The agency’s greatest need for foster parents are those willing to care for teenagers. To learn how you can become a foster parent, click here

Permanency Options: KinGAP

Kinship guardianship can be a permanency option for a child or youth in kinship foster care when reunification with the child’s parents or permanency through adoption is not feasible. To learn more about permanency options, click here

Child Only TANF

If you are caring for a relative other than your child who is under the age of 18, you may qualify for federal TANF cash assistance on behalf of the child to help meet their basic needs. Learn more and apply here

SNAP/TANF Realtime Notifications

Did you know that online SNAP benefits applicants can now receive real time application and case status notifications? South Carolina DSS has made accessing benefit information even easier. Visit the DSS Benefits Portal for detailed instructions on how to use your email address and/or phone number to subscribe to application and case status notifications, including interview updates.

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Child Care Scholarship Benefits Portal

Announcing a new and convenient way for families to apply for child care assistance, upload documents, track application status and more!

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Child Support

Good news! The Child Support Customer Service Portal gives parents a secure way to apply for child support and access important case information – any time, any day!

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SCDSS Honors January Employees of the Month

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Tony Catone, Agency General Counsel, Named Acting State Director of SCDSS

DSS Launches Real-time Notifications Available to SNAP Benefit Applicants

DSS Services Highlighted in New Public Service Media Campaign

Events

Feb

The Charles Lea Center Hiring Event

10AM-1PM

Gaffney Job Connection

1320 W. Floyd Baker Blvd, Gaffney, SC 29342

Feb

Union County Career & Resource Fair | Feb 18 2025

10am-1pm

Clemson Extension Office

120 Kirby Street Union, SC 29379

Feb

Clarendon County Job Fair | Feb 19 2025

9:30am-1pm

FE Dubose Center

3351 Sumter Highway, Manning, SC 29102

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Do you have a complaint regarding services being provided to a child by a state agency? Consider submitting your complaint to the SC Department of Children’s Advocacy by phone (1-800-206-1957) or an electronic submission form here.