South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy Email Format
Government AdministrationSouth Carolina, United States51-200 Employees
The South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy is a state government agency based in Columbia, South Carolina, at 1205 Pendleton Street, with 51 to 200 employees. It administers the Cass Elias McCarter Guardian ad Litem Program, which provides best-interest advocacy for abused and neglected children in Family Court through court-appointed special advocates (CASAs/GALs). The department also runs the South Carolina Continuum of Care, which delivers High Fidelity Wraparound intensive care coordination for eligible children and youth with serious emotional and behavioral challenges. It operates the Foster Care Review Division to support foster care review boards in reviewing and advocating for permanency for children in foster care. Additional units include an Investigations Unit that handles complaints regarding services for children across nine child-serving state agencies, a Critical Incident Unit that responds to critical incident notifications, and a Legal Extern Program that partners with law school students exploring careers in child advocacy.