SC Head Start

More Childcare Assistance in South Carolina

• SC Voucher Program (ABC Child Care) — The ABC Child Care Voucher program at 535 Harden Street Extension in Columbia subsidizes childcare costs for working low-income SC families.
• SC Child Care Resource and Referral — SC CCRR at sc-ccrr.org is the state's free childcare-locator service, helping mothers search by location, ages served, schedule, and quality
• SC First Steps — Early Childhood — SC First Steps at 1300 Pickens Street in Columbia is the state's public-private school readiness initiative, supporting 4K programs, home vi
• ABC Quality — SC Child Care Ratings — ABC Quality at abcquality.org is SC's QRIS (quality rating system) — every licensed provider in the state has a public quality rating from A
• YMCA — South Carolina Childcare — YMCA centers across SC operate licensed before/after-school programs, summer day camps, and preschool. Sliding-scale fees with scholarships
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry — Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry at 1060 Evergreen Street in Charleston operate after-school programs and summer camps for kids 6-18 wit