Health
South Carolina Services Information System
Information on Aging and Disabilities Services
South Carolina's Immigrant Community Access Point
Our objective is to help immigrants (and visitors) to South Carolina get access to the programs, organizations, and services they need to successfully integrate with our state and its way of life.
Speakers Bureau
The Speakers Bureau is a free service made available to groups and organizations throughout the state. The purpose of this service is to increase public awareness and enhance community education related to services and programs available through the mental health service delivery system in South Carolina. It also provides mental health system advocates and consumers a structure through which to share their message with the public.
State Accident Fund
Information about the State Accident Fund and the worker's compensation program
Team Advocacy Project
2013-2014 Annual Report on the conditions of community residential care facilities in South Carolina.
Telepsychiatry
A collaboration of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) in conjunction with the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind, the State Budget and Control Board and the Public Service Commission. These agencies developed a two-way video conferencing capability which enables deaf students to communicate with their parents, caregivers, teachers and friends in their preferred language, American Sign Language. They partnered with BellSouth and PictureTel to initiate this pilot project that may have far-reaching impact on children with special needs and their families and enhance their quality of life.
Toward Local Care
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health is committed to enhancing treatment in the community by developing community programs that provide residential and rehabilitative services to help clients integrate into their communities, while properly addressing clinical needs and the safety of the consumer and the community, and providing stabilization services that assist individuals in distress without hospitalization.
Transgender Older Adults & Medicare Fraud Prevention
Information about specific issues related to Medicare fraud protection and the transgender community.
Transition Assistance in the VA Military Services Program
About 215,000 to 225,000 people are discharged from the military each year. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a long history of special efforts to bring information on VA benefits and services to active duty military personnel. These efforts include counseling about VA benefits through the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), a nationally coordinated federal effort to assist military men and women to ease the transition to civilian life through employment and job training assistance. A second component of the program, the Disabled Transition Assistance Program (DTAP), helps servicemembers separated for medical reasons. This document contains more information about transition assistance programs.
Unemployment Insurance Benefits
Answers to common questions on Covid-19 and Unemployment Insurance Benefits.
Unemployment Insurance - Covid Issues
If you became unemployed because of COVID-19, see if your situatation qualifies you for Unemployment Insurance benefits.
What is Medicaid and Who Is it For?
Medicaid is a jointly funded, Federal-State health insurance program for low-income and needy people. It covers children, the aged, blind, and/or disabled and other people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance payments. This web site provides basic information and answers to frequently asked questions about Medicaid.
Worker's Compensation Forms
PDF-format forms from the South Carolina Worker's Compensation Commission cover a wide variety of issues relating to worker's comp coverage of your work-related injuries.
Workers' Compensation Information
The Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP) administers four major disability compensation programs which provide wage replacement benefits, medical treatment, vocational rehabilitation, and other benefits to federal workers or their dependents who are injured at work or acquire an occupational disease. This web site contains information about each of these programs.
Worker's Compensation - Information Needed for Second Injury Fund Investigation
PDF document (may load slowly).