You could be that one person who makes a difference in the life of a teenager or a younger child who needs to be accepted and loved. Every day across South Carolina in every community there are teens and children in need of a family to hold them close while their own...
Rebecca Needham-Mortimer is a former foster child who was adopted while in the care of SCYAP in 1995. Now as an adult, Rebecca reached out to SCYAP in June of this year with the sweetest message of gratitude to her Treatment Coordinator at the time and to SCYAP as an...
Being grateful in uncertain times may seem difficult, and understandably so. Teaching lessons of gratitude to your children in these moments may be more valuable now than it ever has been in modern times. Children are watching every move their parents and caregivers...
The jokes and memes about Thanksgiving being overlooked circulate relentlessly this time of year and even though they are hilarious, do you know why they are everywhere? Because it is the absolute truth – Thanksgiving does get overlooked. How do we prevent this day...
Lonnie and Norma Jean Kelly grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi. They lived in Los Angeles, California in their young adulthood before settling in Summerville, SC. The Kellys became licensed as foster parents with SCYAP on June 10th, 1992. The Kellys have a blended...
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. What better time than this month to talk about how we can develop more supportive communities that will in turn help our children? When communities are supportive it creates a ripple effect of helpfulness and...
