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Programs That Can Help
Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Aging, Area Agencies on Aging, Councils on Aging
Contact: Eve Barth
Phone: 803-734-9872
Email:
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Web: www.aging.sc.gov
Service area: Statewide
Services offered:
- Family Caregiver Support Program – 11 Family Caregiver Advocates assist grandparents and other relatives (60 and older) who are raising children (18 and younger)
- One-on-one assistance and support
- Information/referral
- Counseling
- Support groups
- Respite
- Educational materials
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren newsletter
Parents Anonymous
Contact: Sharon Dean, Program Director
Phone: 843-747-0480 or 1-800-326-8621
Email:
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Web: www.paofsc.org
Service area: Statewide
Services offered:
- Support groups across the state
- Information on child development, discipline techniques
- Referrals to local resources
Pee Dee Community Action Agency Head Start has a “Kin Folks Program”
Contact: Kathryn Woods, Head Start Director
Phone: 843-678-3414
Email:
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Contact: Eleanora Hennigan
Phone: 843-676-8521
Service area: Pee Dee
Services offered:
- Kin Folks Program – guide for parenting education/training; “Kin Folks” who are unemployed are encouraged to participate in daily Head Start activities with children
Waccamau Regional Council of Government
Contact: Jennifer Gray
Phone: 843-436-6144
Email:
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Web: www.wrcog.org
Service area: Waccamau
Services offered:
- Family Caregiver Support Program
- Information and referral
- Respite care/activities
- Children in Foster Care
Support groups for grandparents raising grandchildren in South Carolina
- Grandparents Raising Children, Beaufort – Contact Paula Settles at 843-322-5414 or
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- Grandparents Raising Children, Catawba – Contact: Help Educate Loving Partners (803) 230-1814 or
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- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Columbia – meeting location: Columbia Bethlehem Community Center Contact: Joe Ritchey at (803) 376-5390
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Saluda – meeting location: Communities in School – Contact: Barbara Wright at (864) 941-8067 or
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- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Sumter – meeting location: Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments- Contact: Toni Brew at (803) 775-7381
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Greenwood (Upper Savannah Area Agency on Aging) – meeting location: TW Boon’s Restaurant/Main Street – First Monday of the month at 5:30pm - Contact Barbara Wright at 864-941-8067 or 1-800-922-7729 or
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- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Columbia – Edward E. Taylor Elementary School – contact Gloria Bullock, Parent Educator at 803-343-2924 or
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Contact Us
The project is coordinated by Denise Lyons, Library Development Consultant, South Carolina State Library.
Telephone: 803-734-6061
Email:
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