South Carolina Association of Licensed Adoption Agencies

The support groups listed below are those that are known to SCALAA members and open to adoptive families regardless of their adopting agency. (Groups restricted to families that have used a particular agency are not included here.) Support groups may range from parent associations to professional education organizations.

ACES: Adoption Coalition for Education and Support
Adoption Coalition for Education and Support (ACES) is a comprehensive adoptive family resource in South Carolina.  They strive to build strong adoptive families by collaborating with public, domestic and international adoption-related organizations to promote community awareness and provide families with training and support. ACES is the main organizer of South Caroilna's annual Adoption Awareness Expo.

BirthMom Buds
BirthMom Buds is an organization and website that provides peer counseling, support, encouragement, and friendship to pregnant women considering adoption as well as women who have already placed children for adoption.

FAACES: Families Adopting Across Cultures: Education & Support
It is FAACES' mission to be a supportive and educational network that will be attentive to our families' needs and allow its families and participants to be actively involved in planning the group's activities.

FCC: Families with Children from China - Upstate SC
FCC: Families with Children from China - Midlands SC
FCC is a nondenominational organization of families who have adopted children from China. The purpose of FCC is provide a network of support for families who've adopted in China and to provide information to prospective parents. (The Lowcountry chapter of FCC does not have a website. For information, call Susan Kilpatrick, 843-762-3918.)

FCV: Families with Children Adopted from Viet Nam
Families with Children from Vietnam (FCV) is the national organization for adoption from Viet Nam. Its members provide family to family support to families who have adopted or are adopting from Vietnam. Check their website for information FCV's South Carolina chapter.

Greenville County Foster Parent Association
The mission of the Greenville County Foster Parents Association is to support foster parents in achieving safety, permanence and well-being for the children and youth in their care.