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Pregnancy & family help in South Carolina

36 organizations in South Carolina offering help with pregnancy, housing, food, childcare, adoption and more. We checked each one before listing it, but hours and services change, so please call ahead.

Adoption

  • Nightlight Christian Adoptions — South Carolina

    Christian agency offering foster care licensing and support in South Carolina (with small caseloads), plus domestic infant, international and foster-care adoption and home studies.

  • Christian Adoption Services

    Statewide

    Christ-centered adoption ministry since 1981 serving North and South Carolina. Pregnant? Free, confidential adoption counseling 24/7: call 800-453-1011 or text 704-619-3531.

  • Heartfelt Calling (South Carolina Foster Parent Association)

    Statewide

    How to become a foster or adoptive parent in South Carolina: licensing steps and support from the South Carolina Foster Parent Association.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

  • Carolina Community Actions — Head Start and Early Head Start

    Head Start for children three to five and Early Head Start for infants, toddlers and pregnant women from low-income families, based in Rock Hill.

  • GLEAMNS Head Start

    Head Start early education for more than 20 years in Greenwood, Laurens, Edgefield, Abbeville, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda counties; apply online.

  • SHARE Head Start and Early Head Start

    Head Start and Early Head Start in the Greenville area, including services for pregnant women; review the centre locations and apply online. Questions: (864) 233-4128.

Churches / Baby Closets

  • Carolina Pregnancy Center

    Free pregnancy services in Spartanburg. For every support and education class you complete (prenatal care, newborn care, development, budgeting), you earn baby bucks to spend in its boutique of maternity and baby essentials.

  • Lowcountry Pregnancy Center

    Free medical pregnancy centre in North Charleston: pregnancy testing, ultrasound exams and STI testing by nurses, plus parenting and fatherhood classes where you can 'earn while you learn' and stock up on baby gear.

Clothing / Supplies

  • Carolina Pregnancy Center

    Free pregnancy services in Spartanburg. For every support and education class you complete (prenatal care, newborn care, development, budgeting), you earn baby bucks to spend in its boutique of maternity and baby essentials.

  • Lowcountry Pregnancy Center

    Free medical pregnancy centre in North Charleston: pregnancy testing, ultrasound exams and STI testing by nurses, plus parenting and fatherhood classes where you can 'earn while you learn' and stock up on baby gear.

Domestic Violence

  • SCCADVASA — Get Help

    Statewide

    Click your county to find the domestic violence or sexual assault organization serving it; SCCADVASA's 22 member organizations provide confidential direct services to survivors. In an emergency call 911.

Employment

  • Dress for Success Charleston County

    Interview attire through partner referral agencies, and a career centre for women seeking work.

  • Dress for Success Columbia

    Interview and first-weeks-on-the-job attire (by referral from a partner agency once you have an interview), a career centre and support programs for women seeking work.

  • Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina — Career Services

    Free career services: meet a career specialist online or in person and find training. In the Lowcountry, Palmetto Goodwill (formerly Goodwill Industries of Lower South Carolina, palmettogoodwill.org) offers employment services, career opportunity centres and a tuition-free adult high school.

  • SC Works

    Statewide

    South Carolina's workforce centres: SC Works Centers and Connection Points in all 46 counties, with job search, training and hiring help.

Potential Financial Assistance

  • The Salvation Army — North and South Carolina Division

    Statewide

    Emergency rent and utility assistance to prevent homelessness for families struggling with basic bills; local teams assess each family's needs.

Food Programs

  • Golden Harvest Food Bank

    Food resources for neighbors in need across the Augusta area of Georgia and South Carolina; use 'Find Food Near You' on the home page. South Carolina branch in Aiken.

  • Harvest Hope Food Bank — Get Help

    Delivers food to soup kitchens, shelters, food pantries and schools in twenty South Carolina counties; find a food pantry near you.

  • Lowcountry Food Bank — Find Food

    Food access across South Carolina's 10 coastal counties: use the pantry finder or the food distribution calendar.

  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina — Find Food

    Serves 24 counties, 10 of them in northern South Carolina; find food near you or browse resources by county.

Health Assistance

  • Fetter Health Care Network

    Federally qualified health centre providing affordable care throughout the Lowcountry for more than 50 years, with a sliding fee discount program for insured and uninsured patients.

  • Nurse-Family Partnership — South Carolina

    Statewide

    A registered nurse visits expectant parents at home during pregnancy and the child's first years, about two and a half years in all. South Carolina programs are run through Spartanburg Regional, Prisma Health, Carolina Health Centers, Family Solutions/SCORH, McLeod Health and MUSC Women's Health. Nurse-Family Partnership is now run by Changent.

  • South Carolina Healthy Connections Medicaid — Apply

    Statewide

    Health coverage for eligible South Carolinians, including pregnant women and children. Apply online, or call (888) 549-0820.

Housing Assistance & Shelters

  • Miracle Hill Ministries

    Christian ministry and the largest provider of homeless services in South Carolina: shelters in the Upstate, including the Family Ministry Center in Greenville, plus transitional housing and a Renewal program for women.

Infant & Baby Equipment

  • SC 211

    Statewide

    Call 2-1-1 (or 866-892-9211), text, or search online for free, confidential, 24/7 help finding local resources across South Carolina, including baby equipment, food, and rent and utility assistance.

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

  • Nurse-Family Partnership — South Carolina

    Statewide

    A registered nurse visits expectant parents at home during pregnancy and the child's first years, about two and a half years in all. South Carolina programs are run through Spartanburg Regional, Prisma Health, Carolina Health Centers, Family Solutions/SCORH, McLeod Health and MUSC Women's Health. Nurse-Family Partnership is now run by Changent.

Parenting Classes

  • South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families

    Statewide

    For nearly 25 years, free programs helping fathers become great dads: parenting and job skills, employment coaching and legal guidance for more than 3,200 dads a year at sites across South Carolina.

Pregnancy Centers

  • A Choice to Make

    Free, confidential pregnancy testing and limited ultrasounds in Florence with a medical professional and trained staff, plus accurate information on all your options. Responds 24/7.

  • Daybreak LifeCare Center

    Free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds in Columbia, free parenting classes and support through pregnancy and after delivery, and referrals for housing, medical services and food.

  • Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center

    Confidential pregnancy testing and ultrasounds in Aiken, and help thinking through your options.

  • Lowcountry Pregnancy Center

    Free medical pregnancy centre in North Charleston: pregnancy testing, ultrasound exams and STI testing by nurses, plus parenting and fatherhood classes where you can 'earn while you learn' and stock up on baby gear.

Special Needs Assistance

  • Easterseals South Carolina

    Statewide

    Services for people with disabilities, including Early Intervention for babies and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families.

  • Family Connection of South Carolina

    Statewide

    Parent-to-parent support and disability resources for South Carolina families raising children with disabilities or special health care needs: make a referral and get connected to families who understand. Member of the SC Family Voices network.

  • The Arc of South Carolina

    Statewide

    Statewide advocacy promoting and protecting the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their full inclusion in the community throughout their lives.

Support for Fathers

  • A Father's Way (SC Center for Fathers and Families)

    Free education and services for fathers rebuilding their lives and families, with offices in Rock Hill and Lancaster.

  • South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families

    Statewide

    For nearly 25 years, free programs helping fathers become great dads: parenting and job skills, employment coaching and legal guidance for more than 3,200 dads a year at sites across South Carolina.

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