GREENVILLE (AP) The biological parents of a 2-year-old boy who fell into a pool and died in 2016 are suing the boy’s foster parents. The Greenville News reports two lawsuits were filed Aug. 6 on behalf of Njamena Wilcox and William Patrick Henry ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster issued an executive order bolstering religious freedom for individuals and organizations, with emphasis on a foster care agency that requires participating families to be Christian. Tuesday’s order clarifies licensing practices by ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley’s pick to lead South Carolina’s embattled Department of Social Services has cleared another hurdle. A Senate panel on Wednesday advanced the nomination of Susan Alford. Her selection now goes to the full Senate for ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley’s pick to lead South Carolina’s Department of Social Services told lawmakers Wednesday that she wants to see firsthand the challenges faced by caseworkers throughout the state. But, in the first of several confirmation hearings, ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — A federal lawsuit says South Carolina’s embattled child welfare agency is endangering kids in its care by failing to provide them with basic health care and the right kind of attention. The lawsuit filed Monday in federal ...

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COLUMBIA (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has named the director of The Girls Center at Clemson University as her choice to lead South Carolina’s troubled Department of Social Services. Haley’s announcement Monday of Susan Alford comes six months after the ...

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WOODRUFF — Seven adults face child neglect charges in upstate South Carolina after 15 children were removed from a dirty, trash-strewn doublewide mobile home where 24 people lived. Area media outlets report the adults were charged Wednesday after Spartanburg County ...

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COLUMBIA — A deputy director at the Department of Social Services says the agency needs 200 more employees to reach goals for worker caseloads. Jessica Hanak-Coulter said Wednesday that 202 employees would be needed to keep caseloads at or below ...

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COLUMBIA— South Carolina’s social services agency failed to protect a 6-year-old girl from a teenage foster child with known behavioral problems who was HIV-positive and admitted to sexually assaulting the girl, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit currently pending in ...

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Two state senators usually on the opposite end of most issues are joining together to investigate what they say appear to be major problems at the South Carolina agency that handles the welfare of children and families.

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