Any form of abuse is damaging and can leave deep and lasting scars, weather it’s economic/financial, emotional, psychological abuse or physical violence. THE WARNING SIGNS: living in fear of a family member, intimate partner, close friend or housemate; light or dark bruises; visible injuries; loss of confidence; withdraw from friends and family; and feelings of sadness, helplessness, self-loathing, and desperation.
Call 911 immediately if you feel that you or your children are in imminent danger. Also, domestic violence crisis counseling can be accessed by phone or in person which offer support and intervention groups for battered and abused women and children. In some cases, free legal help can be obtained for the low-income families.
Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons,
135 Lancaster St.
Aiken, SC 29801
Hotline: (803) 641-4162 Phone: (803) 649-0480
Foothills Alliance, 216 East Calhoun St Anderson, SC 29621 Hotline: (800)-585-8952 Fax: (864)-231-8515
Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse, P.O. Box 1775 Beaufort, SC 29901-1775 Hotline: (843) 770-1070 Phone: (800) 868-2632
Hope Heaven of the Low country: Children's Advocacy and Rape Crisis Center, P.O. Box 2502 Beaufort, SC 29901 Hotline: (800) 637-7273 Phone: (843) 524-2256
The Family Resource Center, P.O. Box 282 Camden, SC 29020 Hotline: (800) 585-4455 Phone: (803) 425-4357
Family Services & Consumer Credit Counseling, 4925 Lacrosse St., Suite 215 N. Charleston, SC 29406 Phone: (800) 232-6489
My Sister's House, Inc. P.O. Box 71171 N. Charleston, SC 29415 Hotline: (800)-273-HOPE Phone: (843) 747-4069 Office
People Against Rape, Inc. 2154 North Center Street, Suite 302 N. Charleston, SC 29406 Hotline: 1-800-241-7273 (if out of area) Phone: (843) 745-0144 (hotline and business line) Fax: (843) 745-0119
Laurens Safe Home, P.O. BOX 744 Clinton, SC 29325 Hotline: (888) 598-5932 Phone: (864) 682-7270 Fax: (864) 683-3670
The Safe Home, P.O. BOX 744 Clinton, SC 29325 Hotline: (864) 682-7270 Phone: (864) 938-1136
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands, 3700 Forest Drive Suite 350 Columbia, SC 29204 Hotline: 1-800-771-RAPE Phone: (803) 790-8208 Fax: (803) 790-8282
Sister Care, Inc. P.O. Box 1029 Columbia, SC 29202 Hotline: (803) 765-9428 Phone: (803) 926-0505
Pee Dee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault, P.O. Box 1351 Florence, SC 29503 Hotline: (800) 273-1820 Phone: (843) 669-4600 Phone: (843) 623-7364
Compass of Carolina, 1100 Rutherford Rd., Stone Plaza Greenville, SC 29609 Hotline: (800) 203-9692 Phone: (864) 467-3434
Rape Crisis & Child Abuse Center, 2905 White Horse Road Greenville, SC 29611-6120 Hotline: (864) 467-3633 Phone: (864) 331-0560
Safe Harbor, Inc. P.O. Box 174 Greenville, SC 29602-0174 Hotline: (800) 291-2139 Phone: (864) 467-1177 Admin Phone: (864) 261-3228
Greenwood MEG's House, P.O. Box 3410 Greenwood, SC 29648 Phone: (864) 227-1890
Sexual Trauma & Counseling Center, 115 E. Alexander Ave P.O. BOX 693 Greenwood, SC 29648 Hotline: (864) 227-1623 Phone: (888)-297-4546
Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault, 106 N. York Street Lancaster, SC 29720 Hotline: (888) 790-8532 Phone: (803) 286-5232
Citizens Against Spouse Abuse, P.O. BOX 912 Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 Hotline: (843) 448-6206 Phone: (843) 626-7595
The Rape Crisis Center, P.O. Box 613 Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 Hotline: (843)-448-7273 Phone: Myrtle Beach: (843)-448-3180 Phone: Georgetown: (843)-545-5198
CASA/Family Systems, P.O. Box 1568 Orangeburg, SC 29116 Hotline: (800) 298-7228 Phone: (803) 534-2448
Safe Passage Inc. P.O. BOX 11458 Rock Hill, SC 29731 Hotline: (800) 659-977 Phone: (803) 329-2800 Phone: (803) 329-3336 Office
SAFE Homes Rape Crisis Coalition, 236 Union St. Spartanburg, SC 29306 Hotline: (800) 273-5066 Phone: (864) 583-9803
YWCA of the Upper Lowlands, Inc. 246 Church St Sumter, SC 29150 Hotline: (803) 775-2763 Crisis Line Phone: (803) 773-7158
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