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    • Healthy Families America 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-10)
      Family First Prevention Services Act will provide federal funding for prevention services to families of children who are at imminent risk of entering foster care. Healthy Families America is a home visiting program ...

    • Kinship care 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2019-10-14)
      This brochure describes kinship care and lists resources for caregivers.

    • Kinship care : stepping in : a guide for kinship caregivers in South Carolina 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2020-03-11)
      Kinship Care is, many times, the very best alternative for children whose parents are unable to care for them. Because the child already knows you, you also ease the trauma of this huge change. As you take on this extra ...

    • Kinship foster care : becoming a licensed kinship foster parent for your kin 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2019-10-14)
      This brochure describes kinship care, who is eligible, how to get licensed, what the benefits are and lists resources for caregivers.

    • Motivational interviewing 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-04-19)
      Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a method of counseling clients designed to promote behavior change and improve physiological, psychological, and lifestyle outcomes and is used for prevention services to families of ...

    • Multisystemic Therapy (MST) 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-10)
      Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is an intensive treatment for troubled youth delivered in multiple settings. This program aims to promote pro-social behavior and reduce criminal activity, mental health symptomology, out-of ...

    • [Newsletter] 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-04-28)
      This newsletter gives information for employees of the Department of Social Services highlighting different divisions, employee activities and upcoming events.

    • Nurse Family Partnership 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-10)
      Nurse Family Partnership (NFP) is a home-visiting program that is typically implemented by trained registered nurses. NFP serves young, first-time, low-income mothers beginning early in their pregnancy until the child ...

    • Overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2020-03-12)
      The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) is the most substantial funding reform in the child welfare arena in the last 20 years. It aims to correct the value-policy mismatch perpetuated by the former funding system, ...

    • Overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2020-08-27)
      The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) is the most substantial funding reform in the child welfare arena in the last 20 years. It aims to correct the value-policy mismatch perpetuated by the former funding system, ...

    • Overview of the Family First Prevention Services Act 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-01-12)
      The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) is the most substantial funding reform in the child welfare arena in the last 20 years. It aims to correct the value-policy mismatch perpetuated by the former funding system, ...

    • Pandemic EBT FAQs : frequently asked questions 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2020-09-28)
      This answers questions about Electronic Benefits Transfers for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programduring the pandemic in South Carolina.

    • Pandemic EBT FAQs : frequently asked questions for school children (2020-21 School Year) 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-26)
      This answers questions about Electronic Benefits Transfers for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program during the pandemic in South Carolina.

    • Parent child interaction therapy 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-05-14)
      Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a program for two to seven-year old children and their parents or caregivers that aims to decrease externalizing child behavior problems, increase positive parenting behaviors, ...

    • Parents as teachers 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-10)
      Parents as Teachers (PAT) is a home-visiting parent education program that teaches new and expectant parents skills intended to promote positive child development and prevent child maltreatment. PAT aims to increase parent ...

    • SCDSS COVID-19 expenditure report as of 01/01/21 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-01-04)
      This details the expenditures of the Department of Social Services’ allocation from the CARES Act.

    • SCDSS COVID-19 expenditure report as of 02/01/21 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-02-01)
      This details the expenditures of the Department of Social Services’ allocation from the CARES Act.

    • SCDSS COVID-19 expenditure report as of 03/01/21 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-03-01)
      This details the expenditures of the Department of Social Services’ allocation from the CARES Act.

    • SCDSS COVID-19 expenditure report as of 03/01/21 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-04-01)
      This details the expenditures of the Department of Social Services’ allocation from the CARES Act.

    • SCDSS COVID-19 expenditure report as of 05/01/2021 

      South Carolina Department of Social Services (South Carolina State Library, 2021-05-01)
      This details the expenditures of the Department of Social Services’ allocation from the CARES Act.