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Souls for Their Feet: Walking in Love This Holiday Season 

December 5, 2025- Columbia, SC- Greater Things Ministry, based in Clover, South Carolina, has launched a Christmas giving project called “Souls for Their Feet.” The goal is to present a brand-new pair of shoes to all 3,500 children in foster care across the state.  

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Infant Safely Surrendered in Spartanburg County Under Safe Haven Act

Dec. 3, 2025- Officials with Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital recently accepted an infant safely surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Sunday, November 30, 2025. This is the third, unrelated safe surrender of an infant in the Upstate in the last month.

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Infant Safely Surrendered in Spartanburg County Under Safe Haven Act

Officials with the Spartanburg Regional Health System in Spartanburg County recently accepted an infant safely surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Thursday, November 26, 2025. This is the second, unrelated safe surrender of an infant at this hospital in the last month.

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ALERT: SCDSS To Issue Full November Food Assistance Benefits on Friday with Federal Government Reopening

November 13- Today, the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) is publicly announcing the agency has received instructions to begin issuing full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for the month of November.

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Infant Safely Surrendered in Spartanburg County Under Safe Haven Act

Officials with the Spartanburg Regional Health System in Spartanburg County recently accepted an infant safely surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

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2025 National Adoption Month In South Carolina Highlights Needs for Teens, Sibling Groups via Public Adoption

November 6, 2025 - Columbia, S.C. – The month of November is recognized as National Adoption Month in South Carolina, and in addition, the state is recognizing Monday, November 24th, as Adoption Day. South Carolina Chief Justice John W. Kittridge has authorized terms of Family Court for the finalization of public adoptions in Greenville, Sumter, Charleston, and Horry Counties on Adoption Day.

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Best Outcomes for Children and Families

Do you have a complaint regarding services being provided to a child by a state agency? Please submit your complaint by phone (1-800-206-1957) or an electronic submission form here with the South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy..