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Adoption Assistance
The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provided the first Federal subsidies to encourage the adoption of children from the nation's foster care system. These subsidies, known as adoption assistance, serve t...


South Carolina Assistance Benefits
SOUTH CAROLINA DSS ADOPTIONASSISTANCE BENEFITS DSS will provide adoption assistance benefits to families who complete a public or private domestic adoption if the child meets the eligibility criteria. Depending on the typ...


Certified Investigators
What is a Certified Investigator (CI)?A person who prepares investigations in adoption matters (prepare home studies for prospective adoptive families) and a person, except lawyers and judges, who take relinquishments and ...


Resources
Pre-Placement Investigation Instructions for DSS children ONLY *note there is a difference for obtaining a home study for DSS children, as all family members who reside in the home must obtain medicals and they have to com...


Responsible Father Registry
The Responsible Father Registry gives a man who has fathered a child with a woman to whom he is not married to the right to be notified when an adoption or a termination of parental rights action occurs. Please see the Res...


The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) is a uniform law enacted by all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to ensure protection and services to children who are placed acros...


Post Adoption Services
Post Adoption Records Request If you were adopted through the South Carolina Foster Care System (DSS, The Children’s Bureau, etc) and are over the age of 21, you are eligible to request a copy of your finalized adoption re...


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Contact
State Office Adoptions Contacts Street Address:1535 Confederate AvenueOffice 520Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Mailing Address:South Carolina Department of Social ServicesP.O. Box 1520Columbia, SC 29202-1520Phone: 803-898-...


For Health Care Providers
Children and adolescents who enter foster care often have complicated and serious medical, mental health, developmental, oral health, and psychosocial problems that are rooted in their childhood history of abuse and neglec...