Community Organizations

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

Salvation Army
1-800-728-7825Air Force Aid Society:
1-800-769-8951Companheiros das Americas (Partners)
1-800-322-7844Mercy Corps:
1-888-256-1900Feed 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:
1-888-259-5431FEMA:
1-800-621-FEMACall TTY for people with speech or hearing disabilities
1-800-462-7585Fair 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

South Carolina Bar
(803)-799-6653
(877)-797-2227 (toll free)Client Assistance Program
(803)-799-6653, ext. 170Commission on Lawyer Conduct
(803)-734-2038Lawyer 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

Barnwell County Help Line
- County Served: Barnwell
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(803)-541-1245Cumbee Center for Barnwell
- County Served: Barnwell
- (803)-259-4451CASA/Family Services
- Counties Served: Orangeburg, Calhoun, Bamberg
- (843)-534-2248 or 1-800-298-7228CASA
- Counties Served: Horry, Georgetown
- (843)-626-7595 or (843)-448-6206Citizens 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)-744-3242Pee Dee Coalition
- Counties Served: Florence, Darlington, Marion, Chesterfield, Dillon, Williamsburg
- (843)-669-4694 or (800)-273-1820Safe Harbor, Inc.
- Counties Served: Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Anderson
- (864)-467-1177 or (800)-291-2139
Help Line in Greenville: (864)-467-3300Safe Homes-Rape Crisis Coalition
- Counties Served: Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union
- (864)-583-9803 or (800)-273-5066Safe 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

Greenwood County
(864)-229-5258Hampton County
(803)-914-0053Horry County
(843)-381-8260Jasper County
(843)-726-7747Kershaw 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