Aug 8, 2023

SC DSS is offering a one-time Materials/ Health & Safety Grant for child care providers. The Materials/ Health & Safety Grant may be used to purchase materials and support needed to help your child care business operation and classroom functionality. If you have any questions, please contact Tameka Pauling at materialshealthsafetygrant@dss.sc.gov or call 1-800-476-0199.

Aug 1, 2023

If you’re like most people, it probably feels the beginning of COVID-19 was a long time ago. So if you are a parent who received Medicaid benefits, you may have forgotten about annual eligibility reviews. Learn how changes in Medicaid could impact your benefits and the steps to renew.

Jun 29, 2023

Launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, a new progress report highlights the need to step up investment in nurturing care – especially in the poorest and most fragile countries – with the first years of a child’s life providing irreplicable opportunities to improve lifelong health, nutrition and well-being.

Jun 15, 2023

Data from the National Institute of Children's Health shows that child care workers are paid less than 98% of professions.

Jan 16, 2023

Investments in high-quality early childhood education and care support our current workforce (working parents) and strengthen business today while building the workforce we'll depend on tomorrow and for decades to come.

Dec 29, 2022

Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye bye” are called developmental milestones. Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act, and move.