Community Organizations
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
1-800-728-7825
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
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:
South Carolina Fair Housing & Social Services Referral List 2022 (pdf)
1-800-440-8091
Referral Numbers Given to Applicants Who Do Not Qualify for SCLS Assistance
(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.
Adoption and Birth Parent Services
1-800-922-2504
Columbia Better Business Bureau:
(803)-254-2525
Child Support Enforcement
1-800-768-5858
Eldercare Locator (National number)
1-800-677-1116
Lt. Governor’s Office on Aging
1-800-868-9095
Medicare Consumer Information Line
1-800-MEDICARE
National Fraud Information Office
1-(202) 835-3323
South Carolina Bar-Law Line
1-800-771-0011
South Carolina Dept. of Consumer Affairs
1-800-922-1594
South Carolina Department of Revenue
1-844-898-8542
The Talking Book Services w/ SC State Library
1-800-922-7818
Veterans Administration
1-800-827-1000
ACS Silvercard Hotline
1-877-239-5277
Alzheimer’s Association
1-800-272-3900
Elder Abuse Hotline
1-803-898-7318
HUD
1-803-253-3292
IRS Taxpayer Advocate
1-877-777-4778
Palmetto Aids Life Support Services
1-800-723-7257
Protection & Advocacy for People w/ Disabilities
803-782-0639
www.pandasc.org
Protection & Advocacy for People w/ Disabilities
803-782-0639
www.pandasc.org
SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
1-888-376-4636
SC Department of Labor
(803) 896-4300
SC Healthcare Association
(803)-772-7511
SC Human Affairs
1-800-521-0725
SC Tax Commission
(803)-898-5000
SC Victims Assistance Network
(803)-750-1200
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Dept.
1-803-896-6500
TANF/Food Stamps, Client Services:
1-800-768-5700
Woman, Infants & Children
1-800-922-4406
Worker’s Compensation Commission:
(803)-737-5700
South Carolina Domestic Violence Programs and Shelters
– 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
– 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
(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
(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
(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
