Strengthening families, organizations and communities to prevent child abuse and neglect.
Key Issue Areas
Lead in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) prevention efforts with the program ACE Interface.
Utilizing the Protective Factors Framework through ACEs, Home Visiting, and Training.
Implementing the Essentials for Childhood Framework strategies: Raise Awareness & Commitment, Use Data to Inform Solutions, Norms Change and Programs, and Policy/Advocacy.
The chapter works with the following evidence-based home visiting models: Family Resource Centers (FRCs), Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse Family Partnership (NFP), Parents as Teachers (PAT), and Triple P and participates in the statewide home visiting coalition.
Advocacy efforts include
- state funding ($250,000) for required federal match to expand home visitng through MIECHV
- Univeral school breakfast and lunches in public schools
- Improve child care access via business tax credit legislation to provide employee stipends
Prevent Child Abuse South Carolina is part of Children's Trust of South Carolina, and is also affiliated with Children's Trust Fund, Kids Count, National Family Support Network, and Voices.
Fast Facts
51 total FTEs
MIECHV Lead & CBCAP Lead
The chapter partners with businesses/corporations, foundations, Kappa Delta, Kids Count, Partnership for America's Children (PFAC), and schools.
Key Contact
- Sue Williams
- swilliams@scchildren.org
- 803-744-4023
