Parenting & Family Support
Whether learning to care for a new baby, parenting a toddler or covering the cost of raising a child, the first 5 yeas are a time when most families can use extra help.
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Children's Trust
Children's Trust of South Carolina strengthens families, organizations and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.
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First Steps - Early Steps to School Success
Home visits by a parent educator help families connect with schools and get young children ready to learn.
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First Steps - Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)
Trained coaches work with parents in their home to help them make the most of their role as a child's first and most important teacher.
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First Steps - Incredible Years
This is a support group for parents who need help responding to a child's behavioral and emotional difficulties.
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First Steps - LENA Home/Talk to Me
For babies and toddlers, LENA promotes language development by helping parents focus in the how they can increase their talk with their young children.
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First Steps - Nurturing Parenting Program
This program helps parents build skills and find new, nurturing ways to care for and guide children.
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First Steps - Parents as Teachers
Combining personal coaching and group sessions with other families, this program helps parents make the most of their important role in children's development and education.
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First Steps - ParentChild+
For families with children who are age 2 to 3, this program provides books, toys, and teaches parents how to promote early reading skills.
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First Steps - Raising a Reader-Enhanced
For families with young children, this program provides fresh books every week to help parents promote reading, plus group meetings for families.
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First Steps - Strengthening Families
Group sessions for parents and children promote parenting and life skills, provide a weekly meal, and help families make new friends.
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First Steps - Triple P
This highly respected program helps families prevent and treat a child's emotional or behavioral problems.
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SC Department of Social Services - Child Support Services
Children do better when both parents are involved in their lives. Non-custodial parents who support their children financially are also more likely to see them regularly and provide emotional support, which leads to better life outcomes for the family. Sometimes families need formal agreements paid through the court to make sure children are supported financially.
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SC Department of Social Services - Family Preservation-CPS - Child Protective Services
Family Preservation (formerly known as CPS Treatment) provides assistance to parents and caretakers with children who have been identified as being vulnerable to numerous forms of abuse or situations that put them at risk for removal from the home.
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SC Department of Social Services - Foster Care
Foster care is the temporary care of children whose families are having problems and the children cannot safely remain in the home. During this separation period, the department works first toward returning the children to a safe home environment. If reuniting with their biological family is not possible, then permanency is sought through termination of parental rights and adoption. Youths remaining in foster care receive assistance to make a successful transition into adulthood.
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SC Department of Social Services - TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Low-income families, whether the household has one parent or two parents, may be eligible for these services. Families enrolled in the program are offered employment training and placement, childcare and transportation while in employment training, and a monthly stipend all designed to help parents get back to work and maintain self-sufficiency.