The Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault and Children’s Advocacy Center offers: 24 hour On-Call telephone counseling service (available to victims / families), support groups, referrals to long -term counseling and support agencies, medical forensic exams (children), information on legal proceedings, accompaniment service, and Children’s Advocacy Center. Serving Chester, Fairfield and Lancaster counties.
Local Programs
This page has contact information for programs that offer help/referrals to victims of abuse throughout the state. If you plan to contact a program via email, please review our Safety when using email page first.
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Lancaster
Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assault and Children's Advocacy Center
Laurens
Beyond Abuse - Laurens County Office
The Beyond Abuse program offers a 24 hour emergency room on-call support, legal advocacy, counseling and education. Beyond Abuse serves adults who have been a victim of sexual violence and children who have been a victim of child physical and/or sexual abuse and reside in Abbeville, Greenwood and Laurens Counties.
The Safe Home
Safe Home provides 24-hour services for victims of domestic violence. Serving Abbeville, Laurens and Saluda Counties.
Lexington
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands - Lexington Office
Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM) offers 24-hour crisis intervention through hotline and hospital response, crisis counseling, individual short-term counseling, group counseling, personal advocacy, and legal advocacy to survivors of sexual assault and abuse and education about sexual trauma issues to the Midlands. STSM also provides the survivor with emotional support and accompaniment throughout the criminal justice proceedings including (but not limited to) assisting the survivor in filing a police report, court accompaniment, assisting survivors with their Victim Impact Statements, and contacting law enforcement on behalf of survivor with survivor’s consent. These services are all confidential and free of charge. Serving Richland, Lexington, Newberry and Sumter counties.