| ADOPTION SEARCH for LIFE
Site
Address P.O. Box 66
Anderson, South Carolina 29622
Mailing
Address
Phone (864) 224-8020
Fax (864) 226-1384
Website
E-mail cpwalters@aol.com
Hours No set hours, leave a message if
volunteer not available
Description:
MEETINGS: 7:00 PM Monthly meeting every 2nd
Thursday at ServAll Corporation at 313 West
Market Street.
SERVICES: Adoption Search for Life is a support
and search group for adult adoptees, birth
parents, birth relatives, adoptive parents, and
interested professionals.
SERVES: Anyone 18yrs. Old and up
AREA SERVED: South Carolina
ANDERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT of
SOCIAL SERVICES
Site
Address 224 McGee Road
Anderson, South Carolina 29625
Mailing
Address P.O. Box 827
Anderson, South Carolina 29622
Phone (864) 260-4100
Fax (864) 260-4547
Website
E-mail lwood@dss.state.sc.us
Hours 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday
Description:
SERVICES:
- Economic Services: Food Stamps, Medicaid,
general assistance, FI (Family Independence) and
planning.
- Human Services: Substitute care, protection
services for children and adults, licensing of
foster homes, life skills education services,
homemaker services, alternative care services for
adults, home evaluation and supervision,
transportation and teen companion program.
SERVES: Applications taken on all interested
persons. Eligibility based on income, resources
and need.
AREA SERVED: Anderson County
FUNDING: State, Federal and other.
ANDERSON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
Site
Address P.O. Box 2262
Mailing
Address
Phone (864) 225-9855 "Humane Line",
(864) 653-2939
Fax
Website www.andersonhumanesociety.com
E-mail stgarret@bellsouth.net
Hours Call anytime, someone will return your
call
Description:
SERVICES:
Provides education to the public regarding animal
welfare issues
Provides rescue assistance to abandoned,
neglected or abused animals
Individualized assistance with animal concerns
and problems
Foster homes for abandoned animals
Provide a subsidized spay/neuter program to pet
owners in Anderson county
SERVES: Residents and animals of Anderson
county
AREA SERVED: Anderson County
FUNDING: Donations gladly accepted, fund
raisers ie: "Pooches on Parade"
BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES
Site
Address 620 East Washington Street
Greenville, South Carolina 29601
Mailing
Address
Phone (864) 235-2273
Fax (864) 235-2273
Website www.bethany.org
E-mail bethanygreenvill@mindspring.com
Hours 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday
Description:
SERVICES: Bethany is a licensed child welfare
agency dedicated to helping women by providing
positive life- giving alternatives to abortion. As a
licensed child placement agency, Bethany
provides a loving, legal adoption plan for children
Free pregnancy testing
Confidential counseling
Clothing and temporary housing for pregnant
women
Foster care is provided for infants
AREA SERVED: Anderson, Oconee, Cherokee,
Greenville, Pickens, Union, Spartanburg,
Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Laurens, York
Counties.
WHO SERVED: Any age pregnant women, any
income pregnant women
FUNDING: 50% adoption fees, 50% donations
(personal, business, churches)
HELPING HANDS of CLEMSON
Site
Address P.O. Box 561
Clemson, South Carolina 29633
Mailing
Address
Phone (864) 654-6154
Fax (864) 653-8516
Website
E-mail children@innova.net
Hours 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Monday-Friday
Description:
SERVICES: Helping Hands is an emergency
shelter for children who have been taken into
care by the Department of Social Services.
Helping Hands is licensed for 54 children, who
usually stay for a maximum of 90 days, with a
possible 30 day extension.
SERVES: Females: age birth to 18
Males: age birth to 12 All of these children have
been removed from their present home by the
Department of Social Services.
AREA SERVED: Anderson, Oconee, Pickens,
Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens, Newberry,
Greenwood, Edgefield Counties
AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR: Jennifer Barbour
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Jean Tulli
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