South Carolina Assistance and Aid Programs

Get help and find assistance programs in all cities and counties, including Charleston and Columbia.

Operation RoundUp
This aid is offered by many utility company’s, including Mid-Carolina Electric Cooperative, Palmetto Electric Cooperative and others. The organizations join together to help neighbors who are dealing with a crises. Grants and funds provided address needs such as clothing, food, shelter, utility bills, health care and other community services. More.

Gap Assistance Pharmacy Program for Seniors (GAPS)
GAPS provides pharmacy assistance and it will assist with paying prescription bills for seniors. It will fill the gap for eligible seniors' Medicare prescription drug coverage when their drug costs reach the so called "donut hole."

ABC Child Care Program
This is the statewide system that was created by South Carolina to deliver low cost or free child care services under a federally funded grant program. The ABC Child Care Voucher program will make payments to child care providers to care for low-income children so their parents can work. In addition to this, the ABC Child Care Program also has various activities and projects that will help to improve child care programs throughout the state, and it will help make the child care programs more affordable and available to the families that need them.

Family Independence program
Family Independence (FI) is a time-limited program that will assist families in need with dependent children when families cannot provide for their basic needs. The main focus of this help program is to assist lower income and struggling families with meeting their basic needs by providing cash grants and assistance, supportive services, job training, employment opportunities, and help getting out of debt.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
This South Carolina program works to help end hunger and improve the health of lower income people by helping families in need buy the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet.

Legal Assistance
Legal Services of South Carolina offers several programs and resources that will provide state residents with tips and advice. More.

Assistance From South Carolina Cities and Counties

Find help in York, Chester, Lancaster, Union and Fairfield Counties. More.

Aiken County

Anderson County

Bamberg County

Beaufort County

Charleston County

Dillon County

Florence County

Greenville County

Greenwood County

Greer

Horry County (Conway)

Orangeburg County

Spartanburg

York County

South Carolina Help With Paying Utility and Heating Bills

Share the Warmth
This is a heating bill assistance program offered by most utilities in South Carolina. The funds in this program may be used for the payment of heating costs, regardless of the energy source.

South Carolina Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
This assistance program will help elderly and lower income families in South Carolina with paying their cooling and utility. Assistance is funded by the federal government, but the program is managed at the state level.