Support Organizatons

Listing of agencies and resources available in South Carolina which may be of assistance to low income persons and their advocates.

Statewide Resource List - listings of state agencies and private statewide organizations, Federal agency state offices and contact numbers, and links for state government.

 

Referral Numbers for Assistance During Times of Emergency
 
  • Salvation Army
    1-800-SAL-Army
  
  • Air Force Aid Society:
    1-800-769-8951
  • Companheiros das Americas (Partners)
    1-800-322-7844

  
  • Mercy Corps:
    1-888-256-1900
  • Feed the Children:
    1-800-627-4556
  
  • American Red Cross:
    1-800-HELP NOW (English)
    1-800-257-7575 (Spanish)
  • Humane Society of the United States:
    1-888-259-5431
  
  • FEMA: 
    1-800-621-FEMA
  • Call TTY for people with speech or hearing disabilities 
    1-800-462-7585                 
  
  • Fair Housing:
    1-800-440-8091  

 

 

Referral Numbers Given to Applicants
Who Do Not Qualify for SCLS Assistance
 
  • South Carolina Bar
    (803)-799-6653
    (877)-797-2227 (toll free)
  
  • Client Assistance Program
    (803)-799-6653, ext. 170
  • Commission on Lawyer Conduct
    (803)-734-2038
  
  • Lawyer Referral Service
    (803)-799-7100
    (800)-868-2284 (toll free)
    *The first thirty (30) minute consultation with a private attorney signed up to participate in the Lawyer Referral Service Program will cost $50.00 and then will cost what the private attorney charges per his or her hourly rate after that.

 



 
  • Columbia Better Business Bureau:
    (803)-254-2525
  
   
  • Eldercare Locator (National number)
    1-800-677-1116
  
  • National Fraud Information Office
    1-800-922-7818
  • National Fraud Information Office1-800-922-7818
  
  • Medicare Consumer Information Line
    1-800-MEDICARE
  • Veterans Administration
    1-800-827-1000
  
  • South Carolina Bar-Law Line
    1-800-771-0011
  • South Carolina Dept. of Consumer Affairs
    1-800-922-1594
  
  • South Carolina Department of Revenue 
    1-803-898-339
  • Lt. Governor’s Office on Aging
    1-800-868-9095
  
  • Adoption and Birth Parent Services
    1-800-922-2504
  • Child Support Enforcement
    1-800-768-5858
  
  • Palmetto Aids Life Support Services
    1-800-723-7257
  • SC Dept. of Labor
    (803) 896-4300
  
  • TANF/Food Stamps, Client Services:  1-800-768-5700
  • Woman, Infants & Children
    1-800-922-4406
  
  • ACS Silvercard Hotline
    1-877-239-5277
  • SC Healthcare Association
    (803)-772-7511
  
  • Alzheimer’s Association
    1-800-272-3900
  • HUD
    1-803-253-3292

  
  • SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
    1-888-376-4636
  • SC Victims Assistance Network
    (803)-750-1200
  
  • SC Human Affairs
    1-800-521-0725
  • Worker’s Compensation Commission:
    (803)-737-5700
  
  • SC Vocational Rehabilitation Dept.
    1-803-896-6500
  • Protection  & Advocacy for People w/ Disabilities
    803-782-0639
    www.pandasc.org
  
  • Elder Abuse Hotline
    1-803-898-7318
  • SC Tax Commission
    (803)-898-5000
  
  • IRS Taxpayer Advocate
    1-877-777-4778

 

Resources by County - Listing of county offices of the agencies and county specific resources.

 

South Carolina Domestic Violence Programs and Shelters
 
  • Barnwell County Help Line
    - County Served: Barnwell
    - (803)-541-1245
  
  • Cumbee Center for Barnwell
    - County Served: Barnwell
    - (803)-259-4451
  • CASA/Family Services
    - Counties Served: Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg
    - (843)-534-2248 or 1-800-298-7228
  
  • CASA
    - Counties Served: Horry, Georgetown
    - (843)-626-7595 or (843)-448-6206
     
  • Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse
    - Counties Served: Beaufort, Jasper, Colleton, Hampton
    - 1-(843)-770-1070 or 1074
  
  • Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons
    - Counties Served: Aiken, Barnwell, Allendale
    - (803)-649-0480 or (803)-641-4162
  • Laurens County Safe Homes
    - Counties Served: Laurens, Saluda, Abbeville
    - (864)-682-7270
  
  • MEG's House
    - Counties Served: McCormick, Edgefield, Greenwood
    - (864)-227-1421 or (864)-227-1890
  • My Sister's House
    - Counties Served: Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester
    - (843)-747-4069 or (843)-744-3242
  
  • Pee Dee Coalition
    - Counties Served: Florence, Darlington, Marion, Chesterfield, Dillon, Williamsburg
    - (843)-669-4694 or (800)-273-1820
  • Safe Harbor, Inc.
    - Counties Served: Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Anderson
    - (864)-467-1177 or (800)-291-2139
    Help Line in Greenville: (864)-467-3300
  
  • Safe Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition
    - Counties Served: Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union
    - (864)-583-9803 or (800)-273-5066
  • Safe Passages, Inc.
    - Counties Served: York, Chester, Lancaster
    - (803)-329-3336 or (803)-329-3349 or (800)-659-0977
  
  • Sistercare
    - Counties Served: Richland, Lexington, Newberry, Fairfield, Kershaw
    - (803)-926-0505 or (800)-637-7606
  • YWCA of Upper Lowlands, Inc.
    - Counties Served: Sumter, Clarendon, Lee
    - (803)-773-7158
  

 

 

 

 

Medicaid Offices By Counties
 
  • Abbeville County
    (864)-366-5638
  
  • Aiken County
    (803)-643-1938
  • Allendale County
    (803)-584-8137
  
  • Anderson County
    (864)-260-4541
  • Bamberg County
    (803)-245-4361
  
  • Barnwell County
    (803)-541-1200
  • Beaufort County
    (843)-470-4625     
  
  • Berkeley County
    (843)-761-8044
  • Calhoun County
    (803)-874-3384
  
  • Charleston County
    (843)-792-0444
  • Cherokee County
    (864)-487-2521
  
  • Chester County
    (803)-377-8131
  • Chesterfield County
    (843)-623-5226
  
  • Clarendon County
    (803)-435-4303
  • Collection County
    (843)-549-1894
  
  • Darlington County
    (843)-332-2289
    (843)-398-4420
  • Dillon County
    (843)-774-2713
  
  • Dorchester County
    (843)-563-9524
  • Edgefield County
    (803)-637-4040
  
  • Fairfield County
    (803)-635-5502
  • Florence County
    (843)-669-3354
  
  • Georgetown County
    (843)-546-5134
  • Greenville County
    (864)-467-7800
  
  • Greenwood County
    (864)-229-5258
  • Hampton County
    (803)-914-0053
  
  • Horry County
    (843)-381-8260
  • Jasper County
    (843)-726-7747
  
  • Kershaw County
    (803)-432-7676, ext. 106
  • Lancaster County
    (803)-286-8208
  
  • Laurens County
    (864)-833-0100
  • Lee County
    (803)-484-5376
  
  • Lexington County
    (803)-957-2991 for FI Medicaid
    (803)-957-2975 for SSI Medicaid
  • McCormick County
    (864)-465-2627
  
  • Marion County
    (843)-423-5417
  • Marlboro County
    (843)-479-4389
  
  • Newberry County
    (803)-321-2155
  • Oconee County
    (864)-638-4400
  
  • Orangeburg County
    (803)-531-3101
  • Pickens County
    (864)-898-5815
  
  • Richland County
    (803)-714-7562
    (803)-714-7462
  • Saluda County
    (864)-445-2139
  
  • Spartanburg County
    (864)-596-2714
  • Sumter County
    (803)-773-5531
  
  • Union County
    (864)-429-1660
  • Williamsburg County
    (843)-355-5411
  
  • York County
    (803)-327-9061

 
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