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Planning for the Future
Planning for the Future How to Plan for the Future Becoming a teenager and navigating adulthood is fun and challenging for everyone. We are here to provide additional support to help youth get where she/he want to be while...


YEA! Youth Engagement Advocates
YEA! Youth Engagement Advocates Youth Engagement Advocates, affectionally known as YEA!, is an advisory group created to ensure that youth voice is heard when agencies are developing programs and policies f...


Chafee/ETV Program Staff
Chafee/ETV Program Staff Patrice E White, Program DirectorPatrice.E.White@dss.sc.gov LaQuana Lee, Youth Engagement State CoordinatorLaquana.Lee@dss.sc.gov ETV State Program Coordinatorindependentliving@dss.sc.gov Chand...


Contact Form
Thank you for emailing the Chafee and ETV Program! Please provide more information in order for us to better assist you. For requests for Independent Living Services, please fill out this additional form. Independent Livin...


Wish List
While the holidays are a great time to give, children in foster care, just like children in their biological families, have needs year-round. Upstate Region Wish Listincludes Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Gre...


Kinship Care
Kinship Care Means Keeping Family Connections ...So children are safer, happier and with lifelong families sooner. What is Kinship Care? When parents can’t meet a child’s basic needs, relatives or family friends often ste...


What is Kinship Care?
What is Kinship Care? Kinship Care in South Carolina occurs when the caretaker is unable to meet the basic needs such as: food, shelter, education, healthcare, safety, etc. South Carolina is considered a “Kin First State”...


Kin GAP
Kinship Guardianship (KinGAP) Facts: What is Kinship Guardianship? Kinship guardianship is a judicially created relationship between a child and a responsible adult that is intended to be permanent and in which the guar...


The Kinship Caregiver's Role
The Kinship Caregivers Role When a child is placed with a kinship/fictive caregiver through the South Carolina Department of Social Services, the caretaker becomes a vital member with of the decision-making team which incl...


Getting Help
For the child, the reliability and consistency you offer are important even though it may not seem like a big deal to you. But you may also feel challenged by the responsibilities of kinship care. The role of SCDSS is to p...