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Licensing Partners for Horry County

Epworth

Epworth serves married couples and singles who want to foster. The agency serves families from any faith background and training is not faith-based. Epworth serves most counties in the state. Epworth ...

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Growing Homes SE

Growing Home SE works with any individual or family who has a desire to serve children.Growing Home SE serves the entire state. GHSE licenses all homes as therapeutic, but serves/places children for f...

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Lutheran Services Carolinas

Lutheran Services Carolinas is affiliated with the Lutheran Church, but serves all families and does not require a statement of faith. Families do not need to be Christian to foster with Lutheran.Luth...

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Oasis of Hope

Oasis of hope is a Christian-based agency, but works with any individual or family who has a desire to make a difference in a child's life. Licensure requires no additional training beyond the 30 hour...

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Pinnacle Family Services

Pinnacle Family Services licenses therapeuthic and non-therapeutic foster homes and works with anyone 25 or older who has a desire to serve children. Pinnacle Family Services serves families across th...

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SC YAP

SC YAP works with any individual or family who has a desire to serve children through foster care. SC YAP servers the entire state. SC YAP licenses all homes as therapeutic, but will place non-therape...

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South Carolina Mentor

SC Mentor works with families willing to become licensed to foster children 11 years old or older, in all areas through SC. SC Mentor prefers to license all homes as therapeutic but will also license ...

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The Bair Foundation

Bair is a Christian therapeutic agency that licenses families for foster children 0-21. Bair works with therapeutic, medically fragile, and special needs foster children. To serve the needs of DSS, BA...

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Turbeville Children's Home

Turbeville Children's Home serves traditional married and single-parent families who want to foster children and youth ages 0-21. Licensure requires no additional training beyond the 30 hours of pre-s...

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Thornwell

Thornwell's foster care program offers standard (non-therapeutic) foster care licensing for those individuals and families who would like to foster children and youth ages 0-21. Thornwell's dedicated ...

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