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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SC DSS Honors 2025 October Employees of the Month
October 31, 2025 -- The South Carolina Department of Social Services Employee of the Month program recognizes staff whose work exemplifies our core principles: Competence, Courage and Compassion.
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ALERT: SCDSS Monitoring Federal Government Shutdown for SNAP Impact - Continued Government Closure May Impact Future SNAP Monthly Issuances
October 22, 2025- As previously announced on October 1st, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) stated that SNAP benefits will be paid to approved and qualified households for October 2025 during the federal government shutdown, based on guidance received by SCDSS.
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Deadline Approaching to Redeem Vouchers for Senior Farmers’ Market Program
October 6, 2025 – The deadline to redeem vouchers for the 2025 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) is quickly approaching. Participants who received vouchers for the 2025 season have until October 15th to redeem the vouchers as they do not carry over from year to year. Eligible participants received $50 in vouchers in 2025, distributed as five vouchers valued at $10 each, to be spent at approved locations.
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Infant Safely Surrendered in Greenville County Under Safe Haven Act
Sept. 19, 2025- Officials with Prisma Health- Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville County recently accepted an infant safely surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the state’s Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
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2025 SC DSS Honors September Employees of the Month
The South Carolina Department of Social Services Employee of the Month program recognizes staff whose work exemplifies our core principles: Competence, Courage, and Compassion.
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