South Carolina – Homelessness & Help for the Homeless

South Carolina SC Organizations SC Homeless Resources

Also see: All SC Community Service Organizations | SC Churches, Temples

SC Food Banks, Soup Kitchens, Homeless Shelters

• Abbeville County
  – Golden Harvest Food Bank
  
  
• Aiken County
  
  
• Allendale County
  
  
• Anderson County
  
  
• Bamberg County
  – Golden Harvest Food Bank
  
  
• Barnwell County
  – Golden Harvest Food Bank
  
  
• Beaufort County
  
  
• Berkeley County – Goose Creek
  
  
• Calhoun County – St. Matthews
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Charleston County
  
  
• Cherokee County – Gaffney
  
  
• Chester County
  
  
• Chesterfield County
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Clarendon County – Manning
  
  
• Darlington County
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Dillon County
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Dorchester County – Summerville
  
  
• Edgefield County
  – Golden Harvest Food Bank
  
  
• Fairfield County – Winnsboro
  
  
• Florence County
  
  
• Georgetown County
  
  
• Greenville County
  
  
• Greenwood County
  
  
• Hampton County
  
  
• Horry County – Myrtle Beach
  
  
• Jasper County – Ridgeland
  
  
• Kershaw County – Camden
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Lancaster County
  – Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
  
  
• Laurens County
  
  
• Lee County – Bishopville
  
  
• Lexington County
  
  
• Marion County
  
  
• Marlboro County – Bennettsville
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• McCormick County
  – Golden Harvest Food Bank
  
  
• Newberry County
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Oconee County – Seneca
  
  
• Orangeburg County
  
  
• Pickens County
  
  
• Richland County – Columbia
  
  
• Saluda County
  – Harvest Hope Food Bank | Find Assistance
  
  
• Spartanburg County
  
  
• Sumter County
  
  
• Union County
  – Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina
  
  
• Williamsburg County – Kingstree
  
  
• York County – Rock Hill
  
  

Regional, Statewide, and National Homeless Resources

• Map of SC Shelters – click dots for addresses and phone numbers, or scroll down for alphabetical list of shelters
  
  
• Homeless Children and Youth in South Carolina – SC Department of Education
  
• Midlands Area Consortium for the Homeless – collaborative effort of 60 agencies serving 14 counties
  
• Salvation Army – North and South Carolina Division
  
• South Carolina Council on Homelessness

• Children's Defense Fund – founded by South Carolinian Marian Wright Edelman
  
• Homelessness Resource Exchange - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Coalition for the Homeless

Related Low Income Resources

• Affordable Housing Coalition of South Carolina
• Children's Defense Fund – founded by South Carolinian Marian Wright Edelman
  
• Emergency Shelters Food Program
  
• SC Food Stamp Program
• SC Habitat for Humanity chapters
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina– provides food to agencies serving the homeless and the hungry in Cherokee, Lancaster, Spartanburg, Union, and York counties
  
• South Carolina Regional Housing Authority #3 - helping families with affordable housing in Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper, and Orangeburg counties
  
• South Carolina State Housing and Finance Development Authority - mortgage assistance, rent subsidies
  – SCHousingSearch.com - free statewide service to list and locate affordable rental housing
  

SC Homeless and Hunger Statistics

• SC Homeless Count – South Carolina Council on Homelessness report
  
• Child homelessness in SC – National Center for Family Homelessness report
  – Full report | 2-page summary - PDF