By Edwin J. Viera While most health data for South Carolina children showed declines in this year's Annie E. Casey Foundation's Kids Count Data Book, the number of kids without health insurance improved slightly. (Adobe Stock) A new annual report finds South...
Data from the National Institute of Children's Health shows that child care workers are paid less than 98% of professions.  By Rachel Ripp   Watch the interview WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — New data released Wednesday from the National Institute of Children's...
By David Hucks  South Carolina continues to rank last in issues related to a suspicious S.C. Family Court system, as well as, child care for young S.C. children. Today, the Annie E. Casey Foundation will release its annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, including for the...
By Dejon Johnson  RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WACH) — Governor Henry McMaster declared April as Child Abuse Prevention Month alongside other state leaders at a press conference on Tuesday. State leaders in attendance included, S.C. Department of Social Services State...
By wltx.com South Carolina ranks 39th in the country for child well-being. Source:...
By Michaele Duke Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault was joined by agencies, Guardian ad Litem, law enforcement, County Government, and local citizens to recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Source: The...
By Anna Sharpe A local child advocacy center assisted roughly 1,000 children experiencing physical and sexual abuse in Berkeley and Charleston counties in 2022. Ten percent of those children were from Mount Pleasant, according to Dee Norton Child...
 By Tonya Brown FLORENCE S.C. (WPDE) — CARE House of the Pee Dee is recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month in a special way by placing pinwheels outside their facility on Second Loop Road in Florence. The organization has 751 pinwheels symbolizing the...
By Nikolette Miller (WSPA) – South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson along with state legislators and advocates will observe Children’s Advocacy Center Day at a press conference Tuesday. Children’s Advocacy Center Day is sponsored by the South Carolina Network...
Watch the interview By Jessica Mejia COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)— A cable company is helping children in South Carolina. This morning Spectrum presented a check for $20,000 to Children’s Trust of South Carolina. The money will be used to provide digital education...
Watch the interview By Mary Green COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - About one in four children currently in the state of South Carolina’s foster system are living with a relative who is not their parent. This is kinship care, and in South Carolina, it was expanded...
Watch the interview By Becky Budds COLUMBIA, S.C. — There are about 70,000 kinship caregivers in South Carolina, according to the South Carolina Department of Social Services. A "kinship caregiver" is a relative or close family friend who takes in another...