Guides & Checklists
Here’s where you can download easy-to-use guides and checklists for choosing child care and find links to websites that provide advice, funding and other important information. Download these guides to help you choose the best child care options for your family:
- Questions to Ask Before Choosing Child Care
- Child Care Licensing Requirements
- Parent Checklist: Child Care Center
- Parent Checklist: Family Home Child Care
- Child Deaths, Child Injuries, and Substantiated Cases of Child Abuse in Child Care Facilities
- Emergency Preparedness Brochure for Families
Child Care Assistance
Statewide Resources
These websites provide access to advice, funding, and resources across the state:
- South Carolina Child Care Resource and Referral Network
- South Carolina Head Start Association
- South Carolina Association of Community Action Partnerships Home of the SC Head Start Association
- SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
- SC Child Care Inclusion Collaborative
- Beginnings SC
- Help Me Grow
- SC Department of Education Summer Food Service Program
- SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
- DHEC Child Care Exclusion List
- DHEC Parent Handbook: Staying Home from School or Child Care When Your Child is Sick
- DHEC Vaccination Information
- SC Department of Social Services (DSS)
- DSS Child Support Services
- DSS Family Independence Program - also known as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
- DSS Out Of Home Abuse and Neglect (OHAN)
- DSS Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- The ABC’s of Safe Sleep Every Sleep
- Abusive Head Trauma Video
