By Sarah Knox, Senior Director of Policy and Advocacy The legislative session for 2025 has wrapped up, and the General Assembly has finalized its FY 25-26 budget. The General Assembly will come back into regular session on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 for the second...
Every April, we stand with our partners across South Carolina to raise awareness of what it takes to prevent child abuse and neglect during Child Abuse Prevention Month. As this month ends, it’s important to remember that keeping kids safe and helping families...
By Leesa Nelson, Parent Engagement Coordinator at Children’s Trust of South Carolina In the month of February, people spend a lot of focus, time and energy on the word love. Love has a lot of forms and meanings. For me, one of the forms of love that I often think...
Milestones like birthdays and anniversaries offer an opportunity to reflect on the passage of time, celebrate personal growth, and strengthen connections with loved ones. They serve as meaningful markers in life, allowing us to appreciate where we've been and look...
Children's Trust Board Member Erin Pate spoke to the South Carolina Joint Citizens Committee on Children on September 10, 2024, at a Conway public hearing during the committee's annual tour. Pate explained the effects of child abuse and neglect and urged the...
In April 1984, the General Assembly established Children’s Trust of South Carolina to stimulate a wide range of innovative child abuse and neglect prevention programs and meet the critical needs of the state's children by awarding grants to private nonprofit...
By Bett Williams As the statewide organization working to prevent child abuse and neglect, Children’s Trust gets the frequent question – how do you prevent child abuse and neglect? With more than 14,000 children in founded cases of child maltreatment in 2023, it...
By Ramkumar Jayagopalan Ramkumar Jayagopalan In South Carolina, the infant mortality rate is the highest since 2012, having risen almost 40% since 2017, and the rate is 2.5 times higher for African American babies. With the fourth-highest rate in the nation, South...
Nicole Foulks serves as Children's Trust Strengthening Families Program manager. The Strengthening Families Program (SFP) is one of the proven prevention programs Children's Trust supports. The program helps families by building communication and bonding skills...
In this week’s edition of our Advocacy Summer School series, we will be looking more closely at the South Carolina House of Representatives. Background The South Carolina House of Representatives has been around for over 200 years. The House is made up of...
Brooke Ryan shares her experience as a Children's Trust intern during her junior year at the University of South Carolina. Coming into my position as a Children's Trust intern, I didn't know exactly what to expect. I had been supporting child abuse...
Children's Trust board member Marc Brown spoke to the Joint Citizens Committee on Children in during the committee's annual tour in Columbia on October 12. Brown, an attorney based in Columbia and a member of the South Carolina Bar Association, shared with the...