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    LATEST NEWS: March 2022 - The next Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 4, at 9:00am in the Blatt Building, Room 410, on the Statehouse grounds. The meeting will be livestreamed on the Statehouse website.

     

    We are excited to release our 2022 Annual Report! This report covers three overarching themes: youth mental health, child well-being, and juvenile justice reform and includes discussion of coordinating and expanding access to children’s mental health services, providing youth and caregivers better access to birth certificates, providing counsel for children in child welfare proceedings, and adopting the Juvenile Justice Reform Act, among other topics.

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    Act No. 123, JCLCC Reauthorization Bill, was signed by the Governor on March 14th. With this Act, we are excited to welcome four new ex officio agencies to our Committee: Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Department of Health and Human Services, and SC First Steps.

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    Partners

    We work closely with the following state agencies and stakeholders to understand the needs of South Carolina's children and to develop recommendations to benefit their future.

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    This list is not exhaustive and the Committee on Children works with many organizations that serve children.

    Children's Hospital Collaborative

    Children's Trust of South Carolina

    Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services

    Department of Children's Advocacy

    Department of Disabilities and Special Needs

    Department of Education

    Department of Health and Environmental Control

    Department of Health and Human Services

    Department of Juvenile Justice

    Department of Mental Health

    Department of Social Services

    Developmental Disabilities Council

    First Steps

    Joint Council on Children & Adolescents

    SC Child Fatality Advisory Committee

    School for the Deaf and Blind

    South Carolina Network of Children's Advocacy Centers

    Will Lou Gray Opportunity School

    Research & staff support is provided by the Children's Law Center, University of South Carolina School of Law. ©2021 by Committee on Children.