Please see the link below for a message from the Children's Bureau regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19).

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/resource/covid-19-resources

Visit the link below to view SLED's guidance on Coronavirus (COVID-19) food service restrictions.

https://www.scemd.org/media/1475/executive-order-guidance-final-sled.pdf [PDF]

If you have a fever, cough or shortness of breath, please contact your healthcare provider. Please also see South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control's (DHEC) website for a listing of Telehealth Virtual Care providers in South Carolina.

For general questions about COVID-19, the DHEC Care Line is here to help. Call 1-855-472-3432. Staff are answering calls 8 a.m.-6 p.m. every day.

Please click the below link for important precautionary and testing information regarding the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19):

http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html

On Friday, March 13, 2020, Governor Henry McMaster declared a State of Emergency for the state of South Carolina due to Coronavirus (COVID-19). View Governor McMaster's Executive Order No. 2020-08 [PDF].

(SCGOV) At 4 pm today, Governor Henry McMaster announced the closing of all schools in the state of South Carolina starting Monday, March 16, 2020. Schools will remain closed through the end of the month.

Census Day is April 1, 2020!

The South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy (DCA) Director and State Child Advocate Amanda F. Whittle speaks to the media Thursday, July 11, 2019 between 10-10:20 a.m. in the Edgar Brown Building located at 1205 Pendleton Street, Room 415. Whittle shares her vision for the agency and answers questions, following her recent appointment by Governor Henry McMaster as State Child Advocate and the July 1 agency launch.

The South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy (DCA) launches today, Monday, July 1, 2019. Beginning today, the public is able to submit a complaint related to services being provided to a child by a state agency. Submit complaints by calling the toll-free line (1-800-206-1957) between 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. or electronically 24/7 by visiting childadvocate.sc.gov and clicking Submit Complaint.