Directory of Services for Women & Families in South Carolina

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY
Selected Services
This department helps people access their social security
and Medicare benefits. The department also issues
important documents connected to these benefits.
Some of the services offered are:
• Social Security Disability Benefits
• Apply for a new or replacement
Social Security Card
• Correct or change a name on the
Social Security Card
• Have federal taxes withheld from the
Social Security benefit
• Get a replacement Medicare Card
• Apply for Social Security retirement and/or a
spouse’s benefits
www.ssa.gov
1-800-772-1213
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND
WORKFORCE
This agency helps find jobs for people and provides
unemployment benefits to those people who have lost
their jobs. They also offer job training programs.
www.sces.org
SC VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
DEPARTMENT
South Carolinians who have a physical or mental
impairment that interferes with their ability to work may be
eligible for vocational rehabilitation services. Applicants
must be able to benefit from Vocational Rehabilitation
services that would lead to permanent employment.
Job training and support programs are offered.
www.scvrd.net
1-800-832-7526
DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES AND
SPECIAL NEEDS
The SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs,
as defined in the South Carolina Code of Law, serves
persons with mental retardation, autism, head and spinal
cord injury and conditions related to each of these four
disabilities. The agency’s mission is to assist people with
disabilities in meeting their needs, pursuing their individual
possibilities and achieving their goals, and to minimize the
occurrence and reduce the severity of disabilities through
prevention.
1-888-DSN-INFO (376-4636)
www.ddsn.sc.gov
BABYNET
BabyNet is South Carolina's interagency early intervention
system for infants and toddlers under three years of
age with developmental delays, or who have conditions
associated with developmental delays. BabyNet matches
the special needs of infants and toddlers who have
developmental delays with the professional resources
available within the community. Services are provided in
everyday routines, activities and places relevant to the life
of the family. BabyNet is funded and regulated through
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and
managed through South Carolina First Steps to School
Readiness. Anyone (a parent, doctor, caregiver, teacher
or friend) can make a referral by the number listed below.
The earlier a baby or toddler receives help, the better! To
make a referral or to get additional information call 1-877-
621-0865 or send an email to: babynet@scfirststeps.org
for assistance.
HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Housing Authority’s conventional site-based waiting
list allows applicants to apply for specific housing in
five categories of public housing. Eligibility for each is
determined by whether or not the applicant has met
predetermined qualifications in a particular category.
Section 8 Rental Assistance Programs offer rental
assistance to persons with low-income who wish to live
in homes in the private rental market, but cannot afford
market rental rates. Section 8 participants pay 30 percent
of their adjusted gross income for rent and utilities.
The Housing Authority Assistance Payments Program
subsidizes the balance of rent for the property owner.
Problems… Confused… Questions… Call the CARE LINE at 1-800-868-0404 5