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What’s possible with home visiting in 1,000 days?
Home visiting helps parents make the most of their child’s critical first 1,000 days.
Did you know?
Nearly 85% of brain growth occurs in a child’s first 1,000 days
That includes infant and toddler development in:
- Motor Skills
- Speech
- Cognitive & Processing
- Social & Emotional
Early help for children and families supports child well-being and reduces health and education costs.
What is Home Visiting?
Home Visiting helps parents be their child’s first teacher.
Home Visiting is an evidence-based voluntary early intervention strategy that connects expectant and new parents with a trained professional to help guide and support them through their child’s critical first 1,000 days.
Why Home Visiting
Home Visiting improves lives.
A child’s first 1,000 days represent a critical window for development. Home visiting services that help parents meet their child’s needs and significantly improves their chances for success.
Home visiting meets parents where they are and provides tailored support at no cost to them, helping them create positive parent-child relationships that build a strong foundation for their future.
Only 3% of the 263,300 families in South Carolina who are eligible for and could benefit from home visiting support have the opportunity to participate.
94% of children completed recommended well-child visits
3,797 families successfully received services in 2017
84% of parents improved positive parenting skills
Less than2% of children were first-time victims of maltreatment
Source: NHVRC State Profile 2017

“When I was pregnant, it was a lifesaver, seriously. Sarah, my home visitor, was there to come and talk me through everything and… that prepared me as a mother.”
– Brie
Nurse-Family Partnership participant (with her daughter, Maddie)
At Work in South Carolina
Home Visiting Models
There are different home visiting models at work across South Carolina. All the models focus on families with young children, but vary based on their purpose, who delivers services, and the duration of home visits.
Across South Carolina, 66 agencies operated with at least one of these models.

Find a location
Home Visiting in your county
Abbeville County
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646
Aiken County
Allendale County
Allendale County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29810
Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start
Program Model: Healthy StartContact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
Low Country Health Care System
Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29827
South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
Anderson County
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Upstate Region
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29625
The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens
Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640
South Fant Early Childhood & Education Center/Anderson County School District Five
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29624
Bamberg County
Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start
Program Model: Healthy StartContact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
C.A.P.S. “Children and Parents Sharing”/Bamberg School District One
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29003
South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
Barnwell County
Barnwell Primary Elementary School
Program Model: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-541-1320
Kelly Edwards Elementary School
Program Model: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-266-3737
Macedonia Elementary School
Program Model: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-284-5800
Low Country Health Care System
Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29827
South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
Beaufort County
F.A.C.E.S. (Family, Adult & Children’s Educational Services)/Beaufort County School District
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website
Beaufort County First Steps
Program Model: First Steps Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29902
All Children’s Pediatrics
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29935
Berkeley County
Berkeley County School District/First Steps PAT
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29410
Medical University of South Carolina
Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: 843-876-2500 | Zipcode: 29425
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website
Calhoun County
Calhoun County First Steps – Parents as Teachers/Calhoun County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29135
Charleston County
Charleston County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29406
Early Head Start (Home-based) - Charleston Cty First Steps
Program Model: Early Head Start (Home-based)Contact: Website
Medical University of South Carolina
Program Model: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: 843-876-2500 | Zipcode: 29425
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website
Cherokee County
Chester County
Chester County First Steps Parents as Teachers/Chester County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29706
Chesterfield County
Clarendon County
Clarendon County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29102
Home Education Learning Partners/Clarendon District Two – First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29148
Clarendon School District 1 - Community Resource Center
Program Model: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-485-2325
Colleton County
Colleton County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29488
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website
Darlington County
McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506
Darlington County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29550
Dillon County
McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506
Dorchester County
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Lowcountry Region
Program Model: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website
Dorchester County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29485
Edgefield County
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646
Fairfield County
Fairfield County First Steps
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29180
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
Florence County
McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506
Florence School District One Parent Center/Family Literacy Program
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website
St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458
Georgetown County
Little River Medical Center
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29566
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Pee Dee Region
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526
St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458
Greenville County
The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640
Prisma Health - Upstate
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29605
Greenwood County
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646
Hampton County
Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start
Program Models: Healthy StartContact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
All Children’s Pediatrics
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29935
South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
Hampton County First Steps PAT/Hampton County First Steps To School Readiness
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29924
Horry County
Little River Medical Center
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29566
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Pee Dee Region
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526
St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458
Horry County First Steps/First Steps – Parents as Teachers
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526
Jasper County
All Children’s Pediatrics
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29935
Jasper County First Steps
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29936
Kershaw County
Kershaw - Lee County First Steps
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29020
Lancaster County
Laurens County
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646
Laurens County First Steps
Program Model: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29360
Lee County
Kershaw - Lee County First Steps
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29020
Lee County First Steps
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-484-5110
Lexington County
Parent Information & Resource Center/Lexington County School District One
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29072
STAR: Starting Together, Arriving Ready/Pair Education Center Lexington School District 3
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Midlands Region
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties/Ready by Five
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29063
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
First Steps Family Learning Center – P.A.T./Lexington County School District Three
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29006
Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center at Palmetto Health
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: (803) 434-6155 | Zipcode: 29203
Marion County
Marlboro County
McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Inc./McLeod Home Health
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29506
Marlboro County – Parents as Teachers/Marlboro County School District
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29512
McCormick County
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646
McCormick County School District One/Even Start Family Literacy Program
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29835
Newberry County
Newberry Parenting/Family Literacy Program/Newberry County Schools
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29108
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
Oconee County
The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640
Orangeburg County
Family Solutions of the Low Country/Low Country Healthy Start
Program Models: Healthy StartContact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
South Carolina Office of Rural Health; Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29118
Bethune Bowman Elementary
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-533-6371
Dover Elementary
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-247-2184
Elloree Elementary
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-897-2232
Holly Hill Elementary
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-496-3464
Hunter Kinard Tyler Elementary
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-263-4441
Lockett Elementary
Program Models: Early Steps To School SuccessContact: 803-274-8588
Pickens County
The Parenting Place – PCA Pickens
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29640
Parent Education/Family Literacy – P.A.T./Pickens County School District
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29671
Richland County
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Midlands Region
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties/Ready by Five
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29063
Richland County First Steps To School Readiness/Richland County First Steps/S.C. Department of Education
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29204
Children’s Hospital Outpatient Center at Palmetto Health
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: (803) 434-6155 | Zipcode: 29203
Early Head Start (Home-based) - Richland Cty First Steps
Program Models: Early Head Start (Home-based)Contact: Website
Saluda County
Carolina Health Centers, Inc.
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA), Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29646
Spartanburg County
BirthMatters
Program Models: Community Doula Program (Home visiting + Birth Support)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29301
Spartanburg School District Three
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29346
Spartanburg County First Steps
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29303
Sumter County
Parents as Teachers/Sumter County School District Two
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29150
Union County
Spartanburg County First Steps
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29303
Union County First Steps
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29379
Williamsburg County
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Pee Dee Region
Program Models: Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29526
St. James-Santee Family Health Center, Inc./Georgetown Pediatrics
Program Models: Healthy Families America (HFA)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29458
York County
ParentSmart – Partnership Parents As Teachers/Rock Hill School District Three
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29730
PAT – Parenting Partnerships/York School District One
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29745
Clover School District 2 - Bright Beginnings
Program Models: Parents As Teachers (PAT)Contact: Website | Zipcode: 29710

Meet the consortium
Supporting healthy families and thriving children
The South Carolina Home Visiting Consortium is a collaborative group which exists to coordinate, promote, and advocate for home visiting efforts that support children and families in South Carolina.
Advocacy
Data
Systems
Charter Members & Partner Agencies
- Family Solutions of the Lowcountry
- Healthy Families America
- Healthy Start
- Help Me Grow South Carolina
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Prisma Health – Pediatric Ambulatory Care Transition Team
- Parents As Teachers
- PASOs
- S.C. Department of Education, Part B 619
- S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control
- S.C. Department of Health and Human Services, BabyNet
- S.C. Department of Social Services – South Carolina Head Start Collaborative Office
- S.C. First Steps
- S.C. Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting

“The value of home visiting is that it helps the whole family, because children are led by example. So if mom and dad are healthy and successful then it’s a good example for the children. Then, down the road, these children are ready for school and these families are ready to better serve the community.”
– Sarah Griggs
Home Visitor, Nurse-Family Partnership