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Supporting children and caregivers through family resource centers

Family resource centers are community-based places where families can access support services and information, such as parenting classes, job training, mental health and family counseling, child care, job training and more.

Family resource centers can be found in a variety of settings including schools, hospitals, churches, community centers and other organizations.

With programs and activities generally provided at no cost or low cost to participating families, they are responsive to the specific needs, cultures, and interests of the local populations they serve.

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Networking resource centers across South Carolina

Children’s Trust convenes the S.C. Family Support Network for its members that serve families across South Carolina. The network works to build the capacity of family serving organizations by promoting best practices, standards of quality, capacity building, peer learning and programming initiatives.

The network welcomes organizations who offer a variety of services and supports for families in their local communities, encouraging its members to leverage relationships to access resources, foster peer learning and collectively strengthen community systems and processes. The network promotes national standards of quality and is a member of the National Family Support Network.

The goal of the network is that every caregiver, parent and child have access to quality family support services. It is guided by principles of community, family-centeredness, interconnection and belonging.

Members of the S.C. Family Support Network

The following are family resource centers and supporting network members that have committed to following national standards to ensure families receive quality services. Joining the network is free, and Children’s Trust does not guarantee funding to any of these organizations.

Barnwell County First Steps
Barnwell County

Benjamin E. Mays Family Center
Spartanburg County

Bright Beginnings of Clover School District
York County

Carolina Family Services
Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg Counties

Children's Place, Inc.
Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, and McCormick Counties

Epworth Children's Home of South Carolina
Serving Statewide

Family Connection of South Carolina
Serving Statewide

Family Outreach of Horry County
Horry County

Family Solutions - SC Office of Rural Health
Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Hampton and Orangeburg Counties

Greer Relief
Greenville and Spartanburg Counties

Just Say Something
Greenville County

Landmarks for Families
Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties

Lee County First Steps
Lee County

Lighthouse Ministries
Florence County

Middle Tyger Community Center
Spartanburg County

Palmetto Association for Children and Families (PAFCAF)
Serving Statewide

Parenting Partnerships and Family Resource Center of York School District 1
York County

The Parenting Place
Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg Counties

ParentSMART
York County

Pendleton Place
Greenville County

Upstate Family Resource Center
Spartanburg County

For more information about how to be a part of the S.C. Family Support Network

Alek Reaves, MSW
areaves@scchildren.org