Service Resources
Service Resources
Embedded Files
You don’t have to walk this path alone. Across South Carolina, there are caring people and organizations ready to support you with compassion, strength, and hope. Here, you’ll find trusted services — from counseling and shelter to legal support and community programs — all dedicated to helping you heal, rebuild, and thrive.
Every step you take is a brave one, even soft ones like opening a webpage or making a phone call. We’re here to help you move forward with confidence and care. Please reach out if you have questions or need help understanding a website or paperwork.
National Resources
National Resources
Find Support: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-support
Adults
Clutterers Anonymous: Online, phone, and face-to-face meetings.
Emotions Anonymous: Online, phone, and face-to-face meetings.
Food Addicts Anonymous: Support Group Phone Meetings
Sex Addicts Anonymous: Online, phone, and face-to-face meetings.
Children
National Parent & Youth HelpLine: Provides essential information, referrals, and support through call, text, and chat-based technology to youth and adults who are concerned about child safety and/or family well-being. 1-877-427-2736.
National Runaway Safeline: Supports runaway and homeless youth and youth who are thinking of running away. 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929).
Small Steps in Speech: Speech Therapy Cost Assistance Grants
Chronic Illness
Leukemia & Lymphoma: Susan Lang Pay-It-Forward Patient Travel Assistance Program
Spinal Chord Injury: Keep Moving Forward Grant - helps with cost of equipment, home modifications, therapeutic activities, etc.
Crime Victims
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: Telephone hotline: 800.THE.LOST (800-843-5679).
National Human Trafficking Hotline: a service of Polaris, 24/7, Confidential, Phone Call or Online Chat. 888-373-7888.
Victim Connect: A service of the National Center for Victims of Crime, for all crime victims, 24/7, Confidential, Phone Call or Online Chat. 855-4-VICTIM (855-484-2846).
Domestic & Sexual Violence
1in6: National Helpline for Male Survivors, 24/7, Confidential, Online Chat
Department of Defense: Safe Helpline, service for U.S. Military and their families, operated by RAINN, 24/7, Confidential, Phone Call or Online Chat. 877-995-5247.
Love is Respect: a service of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, Phone Call or Online Chat. 866.331.9474.
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 24/7, Confidential, Phone Call or Online Chat. 800-799-SAFE (800-799-7233).
RAINN: National Sexual Assault Hotline, 24/7, Confidential, Phone Call or Online Chat (in English and Spanish). 800-656-HOPE (800-656-4673).
Stop Street Harassment: National Street Harassment Hotline, 24/7, Confidential, Phone Call or Online Chat. 855-897-5910.
Strong Hearts Native Helpline: Offers culturally appropriate support to Native Americans and Alaska Natives for issues around domestic and sexual violence. 1-844-7NATIVE (1-844-762-8483).
General
211: free, confidential referral and information helpline and website that connects people of all ages and from all communities to the essential health and human services they need, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Make a toll-free call from anywhere in North America for help.
Aunt Bertha: find free or cost-reduced resources like food, housing, financial assistance, health care, and more.
Immigration
Office of Refugee Resettlement:
National Call Center: 1-800-203-7001 (call and text)
Justice System Involved Individuals
finEQUITY: free services to help you build financial stability after incarceration.
Legal
LGBTQIA+ Folks
LGBT National Hotline, all ages: 1-888-843-4564
LGBT National Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743
LGBT National Senior Hotline: 1-888-234-7243
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Trans Lifeline: 24/7 Peer Support Hotline, 877-565-8860.
Military Service Members & Veterans
Mental Health
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
If you are in crisis or contemplating suicide, please call or text 9-8-8 now!
The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. 988 is committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. https://988lifeline.org
Additional Calling Options:
Deaf Services Hotline by SCDMH: VP 803-339-3339, Email: deafhotline@scdmh.org
Español: Call 1-888-628-9454
The Trevor Project: (866) 488-7386
Prefer to text rather than speak to someone over the phone?
Crisis Text Line: Text HOPE4SC to 741741
The Trevor Project: Text START to 678678
Disaster Distress Helpline: 24/7 crisis counseling for emotional distress related to a disaster, 1-800-985-5990
StepUp for Mental Health: assistance groups, career certificates, scholarships.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
National Helpline for individuals or family members facing mental health and/or substance use issues needing treatment, free, confidential available in Spanish and English, available 24/7-365 days/year.
Military Members, Veterans, and Families
Substance & Alcohol Use
Adult Children of Alcoholics: Support Group
Cocaine Anonymous: Online, phone, or face-to-face meetings.
Cocaine Anonymous World Service: Online, phone, or face-to-face meetings.
Families Anonymous: Support meetings for family members.
Find Treatment: https://findtreatment.gov/
In The Rooms: Global Recovery Community, variety of meetings in one place.
Marijuana Anonymous:
Narcotics Anonymous: Online, phone, or face-to-face meetings.
Narcotics Anonymous: Family Support Groups
Nicotine Anonymous: Online, phone, or face-to-face meetings.
RecoverMe: connects young adults with resources, tools, and support to help them manage their substance use challenges and mental health needs, together.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
National Helpline for individuals or family members facing mental health and/or substance use issues needing treatment, free, confidential available in Spanish and English, available 24/7-365 days/year.
Resources for Families Struggling with Mental and/or Substance Use Disorders
Family Support Group
Recovery Meetings: Online, phone, or face-to-face.
All of South Carolina
All of South Carolina
Adults
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
If you are in crisis or contemplating suicide, please call or text 9-8-8 now!
The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. 988 is committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. https://988lifeline.org
Additional Calling Options:
Deaf Services Hotline by SCDMH: VP 803-339-3339, Email: deafhotline@scdmh.org
Español: Call 1-888-628-9454
The Trevor Project: (866) 488-7386
Prefer to text rather than speak to someone over the phone?
Crisis Text Line: Text HOPE4SC to 741741
The Trevor Project: Text START to 678678
Mental Health America-South Carolina
Bridges Clubhouse is a mental health day treatment program established in 1994 for adults diagnosed with mental illness. They provide community integration services in an effort to facilitate understanding of coping skills, independent living skills, and interpersonal skills. Bridges Clubhouse’s goal is to help each individual achieve their full potential on the road to recovery. The program serves clients 18 years of age and older who have a severe and persistent mental illness and who are ready to actively participate in their recovery.
Turnkey Housing Corp is an arm of the organization that develops housing, especially in rural areas, including Cayce, Charleston, Florence, Orangeburg, and Sumter. Their goal is to help meet the needs of some of the at least 12,000 low-income South Carolinians diagnosed as mentally ill who are in need of housing in South Carolina.
MIRCI: Supportive Housing (18+), Transitional Living (ages 16-22)
NAMI South Carolina: Free mental health support, online support groups, resources, nationally recognized educational classes, and advocacy groups.
Roads of Independence: Roads of Independence is for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 or 25 who are experiencing at least one of the following:
A history of or at-risk for mental illness
struggling with substance abuse
foster care or juvenile justice experience
at-risk for homelessness
in need of help with adulting regarding life skills and independent living skills
Roads of Independence offers counseling, peer support, tele-psychiatry, transition planning, nurse services, computer lab, and a variety of workshops. They currently serve Sumter and its surrounding counties and Aiken and its surrounding counties.
S.C. 211: free, confidential referral and information helpline and website that connects people of all ages and from all communities to the essential health and human services they need, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
S.C. Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services
Do you think you may need help? You can participate in this safe, easy and free service that allows you to anonymously take a Self-Check Questionnaire and connect with a professional counselor who can offer guidance, support, and resources to help connect you with mental health and addiction services. They are ready to help if you are overwhelmed by COVID-19 challenges, feeling overly stressed or anxious, coping with a natural disaster, struggling with addiction, feeling depressed and don’t know where to turn.
Visit https://hope.connectsyou.org/ to submit a questionnaire today. Learn more about DMH’s Office of Suicide Prevention here: http://osp.scdmh.org/.
S.C. Department of Mental Health
Addiction & Mental Health Counseling Line: 1-844-724-6737 (English) and 1-833-882-7696 (para Español). Deaf and hard of hearing persons: 803-339-3339.
For Public Information: 803-898-8581
For Deaf Services: 800-647-2066 V-TTY
Mobile Crisis: Call toll-free 1-833-364-2274 for SCDMH’s Mobile Crisis Team (available statewide & all day/everyday) – If you are in crisis, please call now!
Children
COC is administered by the S.C. Department of Children’s Advocacy with a mission to ensure continuing development and delivery of appropriate services to those children with the most severe and complex emotional or behavioral health challenges whose needs are not being adequately met by existing services and programs.
Countdown to Kindergarten: supports transitions into kindergarten by connecting incoming students (ages 3-5), their families, and their teachers in a series of one-on-one visits during the summer. Part of First Steps South Carolina.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: one free book per month mailed to the home. Part of First Steps South Carolina.
First Steps South Carolina: help accessing four-year-old kindergarten.
Handle With Care: South Carolina - If a law enforcement officer or other first responder encounters a child during a call, that child’s name and three words, HANDLE WITH CARE, are forwarded to the school/child care agency before the school bell rings the next day. The school implements individual, class and whole school trauma-sensitive strategies so that potentially traumatized children are “Handled With Care”. If a child needs more intervention, on-site trauma-focused mental healthcare is available at the school.
Roads of Independence: Roads of Independence is for youth and young adults between the ages of 16 or 25 who are experiencing at least one of the following:
A history of or at-risk for mental illness
struggling with substance abuse
foster care or juvenile justice experience
at-risk for homelessness
in need of help with adulting regarding life skills and independent living skills
Roads of Independence offers counseling, peer support, tele-psychiatry, transition planning, nurse services, computer lab, and a variety of workshops. They currently serve Sumter and its surrounding counties and Aiken and its surrounding counties.
S.C. Department of Education: Free and Reduced Lunch
S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice Parent Hotline: 1-866-681-5187
S.C. Department of Mental Health
For Public Information: 803-898-8581
For Deaf Services: 800-647-2066 V-TTY
Clothing
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development: enter your zip code to find shelter, food, health clinics, and clothing near you: https://www.hud.gov/findshelter.
Community Needs
Developmental Delays & Disabilities
S.C. Dept. of Health & Human Services: The Medically Complex Children’s (MCC) waiver is a statewide program to serve medically complex children from birth to age 18. Children qualifying for this program must meet level of care and medical criteria. Eligible children must be residents of South Carolina and qualify for Healthy Connections Medicaid. Waiver services include pediatric medical day care or care coordination by a registered nurse (RN).
Walton Options: A Center for Independent Living providing advocacy services for persons with disabilities in 10 counties in South Carolina (Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper counties) through our two offices (one in North Augusta, SC and one in Walterboro, SC). Walton Options is a sister organization to Able SC (based in Columbia & Greenville) and AccessAbility (based in Charleston). They provide advocacy and resource services to children with disabilities and their families.
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Education
Countdown to Kindergarten: supports transitions into kindergarten by connecting incoming students (ages 3-5), their families, and their teachers in a series of one-on-one visits during the summer. Part of First Steps South Carolina.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: one free book per month mailed to the home. Part of First Steps South Carolina.
Governor's School for Agriculture at John de la Howe: state-funded, public, residential high school focused on a unique and challenging agricultural education.
Handle With Care: South Carolina - If a law enforcement officer or other first responder encounters a child during a call, that child’s name and three words, HANDLE WITH CARE, are forwarded to the school/child care agency before the school bell rings the next day. The school implements individual, class and whole school trauma-sensitive strategies so that potentially traumatized children are “Handled With Care”. If a child needs more intervention, on-site trauma-focused mental healthcare is available at the school.
S.C. Department of Education:
Medicaid and available school-based services (Rehabilitative, Behavioral Health, Special Needs Transportation):
Medicaid Services: 803-724-3698
Special Needs Transportation: 803-734-3913
Special Education Services: 803-734-8224 or specialeducationservicesdr@ed.sc.gov.
Ombudsman for the Office of Special Education: 803-734-2833.
Currently (as of 2025): Lannette Cox, lcox@ed.sc.edu
S.C. School for the Deaf and the Blind (SCSDB)
Statewide Interpreter Request Line: 1-888-567-0980, https://www.scsdb.org/Page/1336, requests@scsdb.org
American Sign Language: Paul May, ASL Coordinator. VP: 864-513-8681. Text: 803-413-5869. Email: pmay@scsdb.org
Will Lou Gray Opportunity School: state's oldest alternative education provider.
Families
First Five SC: over 40 programs available on the common eligibility screener.
S.C. Department of Education: Free and Reduced Lunch
S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice Parent Hotline: 1-866-681-5187
S.C. Department of Social Services
Constituent Services (questions, complaints, concerns): 803-898-7601 and press "0"
Foster Parent Licensure & Support: fphelp@dss.sc.gov or 803-898-4174
Upstate Region: 888-839-0155
Midlands Region: 888-839-0157 or 888-839-0159
Pee Dee Region: 888-854-4317
Low Country Region: 888-854-4277
S.C. Parents: Help for Parents and Families in South Carolina: Enter your zip code and find resources like employment, job training, medical care, food and more in your area.
Financial Assistance
First Five SC: over 40 programs available on the common eligibility screener.
S.C. Department of Education: Free and Reduced Lunch
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Application Process: https://dew.sc.gov/applying-benefits
Jobseekers: https://dew.sc.gov/individuals/find-job
Employers: https://dew.sc.gov/employers
S.C. Department of Health & Human Services: Medicaid & Medicare.
S.C. Department of Public Health: Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC)
S.C. Department of Social Services: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Food & Nutrition Programs, Healthy Bucks, Seniors Farmer's Market, Child and Adult Care Food Program, After School Snack Program, SNAP Nutrition Education, Emergency Shelter Food Program, SC Voucher Program, Refugee Resettlement Program, Project HOPE, Child Support Division.
S.C. Housing Authority
S.C. Works: resources for jobseekers and employers.
Social Security Administration: Disability Benefits, Retirement Benefits, Medicare Benefits, Survivors Benefits, Supplemental Security Income.
Food Pantries
S.C. Parents: Help for Parents and Families in South Carolina: Enter your zip code and find resources like employment, job training, medical care, food and more in your area.
U.S. Department of Housing & Urband Development: enter your zip code to find shelter, food, health clinics, and clothing near you: https://www.hud.gov/findshelter.
Human Trafficking
National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
S.C. Attorney General (over South Carolina's Task Force): 1-803-734-3970
S.C. Human Trafficking Task Force: 1-803-734-3970
Immigration
Catholic Charities of South Carolina: Immigration Legal Services
S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center: Immigrant Resource Guide
Jobs
S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce
Application Process: https://dew.sc.gov/applying-benefits
Jobseekers: https://dew.sc.gov/individuals/find-job
Employers: https://dew.sc.gov/employers
S.C. Parents: Help for Parents and Families in South Carolina: Enter your zip code and find resources like employment, job training, medical care, food and more in your area.
S.C. Works: resources for jobseekers and employers.
Justice System Involved Individuals
Catholic Charities of South Carolina: Re-Entry Program
Prison Rape Elimination Act: report experienced abuse or harassment of an inmate.
S.C. Office of Programs, Reentry, and Rehabilitative Services
Inmate Services
Public Awareness
Self-Paced In-Class Education Program
Legal Services
Civil Rights Violation
If you believe you have been discriminated against, or that your civil rights have been violated, please send a written complaint to: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of South Carolina, Attention: Civil Rights Program, 1441 Main Street, Suite 500, Columbia, SC 29201. The complaint form may be downloaded here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/page/file/933421/download [PDF]. For additional questions call 803-929-3000, email usasc.civilrights@usdoj.gov, or review their "How to Submit a Civil Rights Complaint" webpage: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/how-to-submit-a-civil-rights-complaint.
Public Defender
S.C. Bar Association: Lawyer Referral Service: 1-800-868-2285
S.C. Bar Pro Bono Legal Assistance offers free legal services to S.C. residents that meet federal poverty guidelines. Please call 1-800-395-3425.
S.C. Commission on Indigent Defense (if you need a defense attorney and can't afford one: Call 803-734-1343, email executive@sccid.sc.gov, or review their website at https://sccid.sc.gov/.
S.C. Office of Inspector General
OIG is charged with investigating and detecting fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement, misconduct, violations of state or federal law, and wrongdoing in the Executive Branch. To learn more about the types of complaints accepted by OIG, visit https://oig.sc.gov/file-complaint or call 1-803-896-4729. To make a complaint by phone, call 1-855-723-7283 (1-855-SCFRAUD).
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Trans Youth Emergency Project: emergency grants for traveling to receive care, 1-on-1 patient navigation services to unaffected providers.
Medical
Ambetter from Absolute Total Care: income adjusted insurance plans, statewide provider network search.
SCThrive: connecting SC residents to benefits for food, healthcare, and financial wellness.
People without Shelter (Unhoused, Homeless)
Substance & Alcohol Use
Carolina Region Narcotics Anonymous: Online, phone, and face-to-face meetings.
Challenges, Inc. SC: A South Carolina Syringe Service Program & Harm Reduction Services
Faith Home: Christian Recovery Program
Private Recovery High School: Emerald School of Excellence
South Carolina Alcoholics Anonymous: Online, phone, and face-to-face meetings.
S.C. Department of Environmental Services: Biohazard Disposal & Transport
S.C. Department of Public Health: Nalaxone Distribution and Opioid Overdose Safety Kits
Departamento de Salud Pública de Carolina del Sur: Distribución de naloxona y kits de seguridad para sobredosis de opioides
Aiken
Aiken
Adults
Stepping Stones Outreach Ministries
Anger Management Classes
Career Mentoring
Christmas Connections
Community Outreach Projects
Personalized Tutoring Sessions
Thanksgiving Baskets
Children
Aiken County First Steps:
Bettys Creative Corner: First Steps South Carolina Provider
Busy Bees Childcare and Preschool of North Augusta: First Steps South Carolina Provider
Beds for Babies
Family & Individual Counseling
Family Connections
Healthy Families America
InterACT: drama classes designed to develop social skills in kindergarteners through young adults.
SafeCare
Strengthening Families
Therapeutic Child Care
Megiddo KidStation: First Steps South Carolina Provider
Developmental Delays & Disabilities
Walton Options: A Center for Independent Living providing advocacy services for persons with disabilities in 10 counties in South Carolina
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: Resources & Spanish speaker on staff / Personal y recursos de habla hispana. 803-649-1111 (Aiken) or 803-541-1200 ext 137 (Barnwell).
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Transitional Housing
C4 Impact: 803-220-1794, www.created4impact.org
Stand at the Crossroads Ministries: (803) 502-0285 (Women and children), https://crossroadsaiken.com/
Mental Health Services
Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health Center, 803-641-7700, 1135 Gregg Hwy Aiken, SC 29801
Aurora Pavilion, 803-641-5900
Clubhouse Community of Hope, https://overflow.foundation/clubhouse-community-of-hope/, (Needs referral from PCP or Mental Health clinician), 803-761-3861
Beaufort
Beaufort
Children
Hopeful Horizons (Child Advocacy Center)
Developmental Delays & Disabilities
Walton Options: A Center for Independent Living providing advocacy services for persons with disabilities in 10 counties in South Carolina
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Hopeful Horizons (Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Center)
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS. Resources & a Spanish speaker on staff / Personal y recursos de habla hispana. 843-255-6080 (Beaufort) or 843-842-4241 (Hilton Head).
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Camden, Elgin, Lugoff, Ridgeway
Camden, Elgin, Lugoff, Ridgeway
Children
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Financial Assistance
Food
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: 803-432-7676.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Charleston
Charleston
Children
Clothing
Developmental Delays & Disabilities
Walton Options: A Center for Independent Living providing advocacy services for persons with disabilities in 10 counties in South Carolina
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Financial Assistance
Johns Island Outreach
Food
Catholic Charities - Coastal Office: 1662 Ingram Rd, Charleston, SC, 29407. 843-531-5580.
Help of Charleston: financial assistance, food, guidance, housing, shelter. 843-723-4010.
James Island Outreach: Food Pantry
Jewish Family Services of Greater Charleston: Kosher Food Pantry
Lowcountry Community Lunch: Monday-Friday, 35 Walnut St. Charleston SC 29403.
Morris Street Baptist Church: Food Bank & Soup Kitchen & Senior Food Boxes
New Cannon Street Baptist Church: Food Pantry
New Covenant Church of God: Food Pantry
Our Lady of Mercy: Food Pantry
St. Barnabas Lutheran Church: 45 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC, 29403. 843-709-8716.
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church: Food Pantry
St. Timothy's Traditional Anglican Catholic Church: 1900 Old Parsonage Rd, Charleston, SC, 29414. 843-478-0559.
General
Home Repairs
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: Resources & Spanish-speaking staff. 843-761-8044 (Berkeley) or 803-874-3384 (Calhoun) or 843-953-9400 (Charleston) or 843-821-0444 (Summerville).
Justice System Involved Individuals
Turn90: employment for individuals ages 23+ released from incarceration within 6 months.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Older & Aging Adults
Charleston Area Senior Citizens Services: 259 Meeting St, Charleston, SC, 29401. 843-722-4127.
People without Shelter (Unhoused, Homeless)
Help of Charleston: financial assistance, food, guidance, housing, shelter. 843-723-4010.
Columbia
Columbia
Adults
Christ Central - Columbia Mission Station: Training for Work Experience and GED Assistancediscount therapy
Mason Helps - B&D Cares: Mental Health Counseling, Medicaid
S.C. Department of Mental Health
English Mental Health Crisis Counseling Line: 1-844-724-6737
Spanish Mental Health Crisis Counseling Line: 1-833-882-7696
Sliding Scale Therapy Pricing
Yew Belong Community Services: affirmative mental health services and outreach, group support for LGBTQIAP+ community. Serving youth, families, teens, adults.
Children
Richland County Court-Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA)
S.C. Dept. of Juvenile Justice Parent Hotline: 1-866-681-5187
The Hive Teen Healthy Relationships Training
Yew Belong Community Services: affirmative mental health services and outreach, group support for LGBTQIAP+ community. Serving youth, families, teens, adults.
Clothes
Christ Central - Columbia Mission Station: Clothing Closet
Compass Community Development Corp of Right Direction Church International: My Sister's Closet
Clothing Assistance
Cover Letter Assistance
Job Readiness Workshops
Resume Assistance
Cooperative Ministry: Clothes Closet
Joseph H. Neal Health Collaborative: Clothing Closet
Keepin' It Real Ministries: Clothes Closet
Northside Mission Columbia: Clothes Closet, 803-926-3020.
Northstar Center of Hope - Forest Acres, NorthEast: Clothes Closet
Sunset Boulevard Church of Christ: Clothing Ministry
Wiley Kennedy Family Center at Bethlehem Baptist Church: Clothes Closet, 803-735-0410.
Developmental Delays & Disabilities
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Families
Yew Belong Community Services: affirmative mental health services and outreach, group support for LGBTQIAP+ community. Serving youth, families, teens, adults.
Financial Assistance
Cooperative Ministry: Rent or Utilities
St. Joseph Catholic: Assistance with utilities/rent.
Food
Bethlehem Baptist Church of Columbia, Inc: Food Pantry, secretary@bbcofcolumbia.org
Capital City Church: Food Pantry
Christ Central - Columbia Mission Station: Food Pantry, Breakfast, Lunch
Christian Life Church: Food Pantry
Compass Community Development Corp of Right Direction Church International: Food Pantry
Cooperative Ministry: Food Pantry
First Nazareth Baptist Church: Food Pantry, 803-254-6232
Food Share, 803-851-4461.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church: Food Pantry
Harvest Hope - Shop Rd. Location for Richland County Residents ONLY.
Haskell Heights First Baptist Church: Food Pantry, 803-546-3727.
Hope Baptist Church: Food Pantry, 803-788-5088.
Jerusalem Baptist Church Cares, Inc: Food Pantry
Joseph H. Neal Health Collaborative: Food Pantry
Keepin' It Real Ministries: Food Pantry
Mason Helps - B&D Cares: Food Pantry
Northside Mission Columbia: Food Pantry, 803-926-3020.
Only Gods Word: 803-338-0646.
Our Lady of the Hills: SVDP Food Pantry
Progressive Church: Food Pantry
Seacoast Columbia: Call Katie N. for details. 803-318-7447.
Second Chance International House of Praise: 803-828-9456.
St. Joseph Catholic: Food Pantry
St. Luke's Episcopal: Food Pantry & Lunch
Sunset Boulevard Church of Christ: Food Pantry
Virginia Wingard UMC: Food Pantry
Wiley Kennedy Family Center at Bethlehem Baptist Church: Food Pantry, 803-735-0410.
Furniture
Wiley Kennedy Family Center at Bethlehem Baptist Church: Furniture, 803-735-0410.
General
Case Management for Homeless (Unhoused)
Crisis Intervention Line: 888-970-2004 (someone will respond within 24hrs)
Emergency food to families
Housing/Utility Assistance
Senior Meal-Boxes Delivered
Scholarships for High School Students
Immigration
Catholic Charities of South Carolina: Immigration Legal Services
Justice System Involved Individuals
Christ Central - Columbia Mission Station: Supervision for Community Service Hours
Turn90: employment for individuals ages 23+ released from incarceration within 6 months.
Legal Assistance
Almand Barron, PA: Assistance with legal name and gender marker changes through the Harriet Hancock Center's Legal Name Change Fund.
S.C. Bar Association: Lawyer Referral Service: 803-799-7100
LGBTQIA+ Folks
Almand Barron, PA: Assistance with legal name and gender marker changes through the Harriet Hancock Center's Legal Name Change Fund.
Harriet Hancock Center: Social Groups, Peer-Suppot Groups, Middle & High School Support Groups (in-person & online), Special Events (e.g., Queer Pop-Up Closet, Annual Legacy Gala).
Meg Jones Hair: inclusive pricing and a safe, affirming space.
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Yew Belong Community Services: affirmative mental health services and outreach, group support for LGBTQIAP+ community. Serving youth, families, teens, adults.
Medical
Christ Central - Columbia Mission Station: Referrals for Medical Care
Joseph H. Neal Health Collaborative: Primary Care & Testing
Older & Aging Adults
Wiley Kennedy Family Center at Bethlehem Baptist Church: Senior Programs, 803-735-0410
People without Shelter (Unhoused, Homeless)
Compass Community Development Corp of Right Direction Church International: Transitional Homes for Women & Men
Family Shelter: 2411 Two Notch Rd, Columbia, SC 29204, (803) 771-7040
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church: clothes and personal care items for the unhoused.
St. Lawrence Place: 2400 Waites Rd, Columbia, SC 29204, (803) 256-3999
Substance & Alcohol Use
S.C. Dept. of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS)
Embrace Recovery: Mutual aid groups, recovery community organizations, and treatment facilities.
Florence
Florence
Children
The Care House of The Pee Dee (Children's Advocacy Center)
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Food
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: 843-669-3354.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Greenville
Greenville
Adults
Children
Julie Valentine Center (Children's Advocacy Center)
Developmental Delays & Disabilities
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Families
Compass of Carolina Family Violence Intervention Programs
Food
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: Resources & Spanish-speaking staff / Personal y recursos de habla hispana. 864-467-7700.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Older & Aging Adults
Lancaster
Lancaster
Children
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: 803-286-6914.
Legal
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Lexington
Lexington
Adults
Children
Dickerson Children's Advocacy Center: Forensic Interviews, Therapy (no cost), Family Advocacy, Trainings, Safe Babies Court
Lexington County Community Mental Health Center: Child, Adolescent, and Family Services
Clothes
Calvary Chapel Fellowship of Lexington: Thrift Store Vouchers
Chapin We Care Center: Clothes Closet, directorwcc@sc.twcbc.com
Christian Ministry Center: 803-532-0033.
God's Helping Hands: Clothes Closet
Mission of Hope: Thrift Store & Clothes Closet
Sharing God's Love: Clothing, 803-732-3188.
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Families
Financial Assistance
Chapin We Care Center: Utilities Assistance, directorwcc@sc.twcbc.com
God's Helping Hands: Utilities Assistance Form
Sharing God's Love: Utilities Assistance, 803-732-3188.
Food
Calvary Chapel Fellowship of Lexington: Food Pantry
Chapin We Care Center: Food Pantry, directorwcc@sc.twcbc.com
Christian Ministry Center: 803-532-0033.
First Calvary Baptist - Leesville: Food Pantry
God's Helping Hands: Food Panty
Mission of Hope: Food Pantry
Three Angel Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Info@threeangelschurch.org, 803-317-6333.
Sharing God's Love: Food Pantry, 803-732-3188.
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: Resources & Spanish-Speaking Staff. 803-785-7333.
Law Enforcement
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Medical Needs
Lexington Good Samaritan Clinic: email lexingtonclinic@goodsamaritansc.org or call 803-358-8339 ext. 6 to set up a FREE appointment.
People without Shelter (Unhoused, Homeless)
Family Shelter: 2411 Two Notch Rd, Columbia, SC 29204, (803) 771-7040
St. Lawrence Place: 2400 Waites Rd, Columbia, SC 29204, (803) 256-3999
Myrtle Beach (Conway, Horry County, Georgetown)
Myrtle Beach (Conway, Horry County, Georgetown)
Children
Children's Recovery Center (Children's Advocacy Center)
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Family Justice Center: is a collaboration of community partners and agencies in Horry and Georgetown counties working together to provide a safe, welcoming environment and comprehensive coordinated services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse. Individuals and families have access to a wide range of free services offered by a diverse group of 47 partnering agencies. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Families
A Father's Place: helps men become responsible, engaged and empowered fathers their children need them to be.
Financial Assistance
Helping Hand of North Strand: Utilities & rent assistance. 2501 Long Bay Rd, Longs, SC, 29568. 843-399-0862.
Food
Community Resource Center - Myrtle/Sandy Grove: 1008 Carver St., Myrtle Beach, SC, 29577. 843-499-9498.
Shepherd of the Sea Lutheran Church Food Pantry
Socastee Pantry of Faith Outreach Ministries
Society of St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church Food Bank
Immigration
Conway Churches Assisting People: 206 Main St, Conway, SC, 29526. 843-488-2277.
Catholic Charities: Resources & Spanish-Speaking Staff / Personal y recursos de habla hispana. 843-234-1999.
Family Independence, DSS: Resources & Spanish-Speaking Staff / Personal y recursos de habla hispana. 843-546-5135 (Georgetown) or 843-915-4700 (Conway) or 843-444-6107 (Myrtle Beach).
Helping Hand of North Strand: 2501 Long Bay Rd, Longs, SC, 29568. 843-399-0862.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Medical
Helping Hand of North Strand: 2501 Long Bay Rd, Longs, SC, 29568. 843-399-0862.
Mental Health
Shepherd of the Sea Lutheran Church Christian Counseling
Military Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families
Substance & Alcohol Use
Fyrebird Recovery: Harm reduction not abstinence based.
Orangeburg
Orangeburg
Children
Edisto Children's Center (Child Abuse)
Clothes
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Edisto Children's Center (Domestic Violence)
Food
Beulah United Methodist: Food Pantry
Mt. Pleasant Swansea Outreach: 803-568-2722.
Providence Baptist Church: Food Pantry
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: 803-531-3101.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Older & Aging Adults
Mt. Pleasant Swansea Outreach: 803-568-2722.
Rock Hill
Rock Hill
Children
Safe Passage Children's Advocacy Center (Child Abuse)
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Project R.E.S.T. (Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Center)
Safe Passage Children's Advocacy Center (Domestic Violence)
Immigration
Family Independence, DSS: 803-684-2315 (Rock Hill) or 803-909-7446 (Rock Hill) or 803-684-2315 (York).
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Saluda
Saluda
Adults
Christ Central Ministries - Saluda: Employment, GED, Life Skills, Parenting Classes, Budgeting, Fellowship
Children
Beyond Abuse (Children's Advocacy Center)
Dickerson Children's Advocacy Center: Forensic Interviews, Therapy (no cost), Family Advocacy, Trainings, Safe Babies Court
Clothing
Christ Central Ministries - Saluda: Resale Store
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Food
Christ Central Ministries - Saluda: Food Pantry
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Older & Aging Adults
Christ Central Ministries - Saluda: Senior Program
Substance & Alcohol Use
Christ Central Ministries - Saluda: Recovery
Spartanburg
Spartanburg
Children
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Project R.E.S.T. (Domestic Violence & Rape Crisis Center)
Justice System Involved Individuals
Turn90: employment for individuals ages 23+ released from incarceration within 6 months.
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Sumter
Sumter
Children
Domestic & Sexual Violence
Families
Food
LGBTQIA+ Folks
The Trevor Project: Lifeline available 24/7: 1-866-488-7386.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse