SCDSS Recognizes Foster Care Awareness Month
May 2, 2022 – Governor Henry McMaster has declared the month of May as Foster Care Awareness Month in South Carolina. The South Carolina Department of Social Services wants to recognize the important role that foster parents, relatives and kinship caregivers play in working together with families to achieve reunification for children and youth in foster care. Their collaborative efforts are essential in helping to strengthen families.
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SCDSS Announces New Greenville County Director
April 22, 2022 – The South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) would like to announce Ned Moore as the new Greenville County DSS Director. He began his new position on Monday, April 18th after the recent retirement of former County Director Dena Reeves-Green.
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SC DSS Honors April Employees of the Month
April 21, 2022 -- 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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York County DSS recognizes Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 20th, 2022 – Governor Henry McMaster has declared April as “Child Abuse Prevention Month” in South Carolina. On April 7th, he was joined at the Governor’s Mansion by DSS State Director Michael Leach and other leaders to speak in solidarity against child abuse and neglect. The South Carolina Department of Social Services recognizes the importance of working together to strengthen families and to ensure they have what they need to not only survive but thrive.
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Infant Surrendered Safely Under Safe Haven Act
April 12, 2022 – Officials with Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood County recently accepted an infant surrendered under Daniel’s Law, the Safe Haven for Abandoned Babies Act, on Sunday, April 10, 2022.
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Gov. McMaster to Declare April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in South Carolina: State Leaders Show Solidarity in Addressing Child Abuse and Neglect
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster will declare April as Child Abuse Prevention Month at a press conference on Thursday, April 7, at 3 p.m., on the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion, 800 Richland Street, Columbia.
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