Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in South Carolina

<p>The Office on Aging wants to help grandparents with their challenges by giving them this resource guide as a place to start. It summarizes many of the support systems resources and services available to them. This guide has been divided into sections beginning with some statistics and then progressing through the life of the child: Child Development/Health and Safety Day Care Education Disabilities Nutrition Medical/Dental Housing Legal Issues General Assistance and Coping Strategies.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>