Horry County Foster Care Recruitment
May 22, 2018
As of May 1st, there 4,546 children in foster care in South Carolina and 3,243 of those children were in regular (non-therapeutic) placements. Unfortunately, we have only 1,603 licensed regular foster homes. As a result, 62% of children in our care have to be placed outside their home counties meaning that we are separating them from their schools, churches, friends and support networks.
We are doing a county-by-county push to recruit homes and the next 90 days we are focusing on Horry County. In Horry County, as of May 1st there were 212 children in regular foster care, but only 72 licensed homes. Therefore, we are working to do an education campaign in the local community to try to recruit more homes and raise awareness of the issues facing children in care.
More information can be found at https://www.scfamilies.org/.
Jim Casserly
Foster Care Recruitment Coordinator
Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs
SC Department of Social Services
1535 Confederate Avenue
PO Box 1520
Columbia, SC 29202-9271
james.casserly@dss.sc.gov
803-898-4174 phone
We are doing a county-by-county push to recruit homes and the next 90 days we are focusing on Horry County. In Horry County, as of May 1st there were 212 children in regular foster care, but only 72 licensed homes. Therefore, we are working to do an education campaign in the local community to try to recruit more homes and raise awareness of the issues facing children in care.
More information can be found at https://www.scfamilies.org/.
Jim Casserly
Foster Care Recruitment Coordinator
Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs
SC Department of Social Services
1535 Confederate Avenue
PO Box 1520
Columbia, SC 29202-9271
james.casserly@dss.sc.gov
803-898-4174 phone
