Useful Links

Government

• Subsidized Information Packet – Rental Assistance & Social Services 2024
• HUD: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD
• Attorney General 803-734-3970 http://www.scag.gov/
• Charleston County: http://www.charlestoncounty.org/
• Charleston Police Department: http://www.charleston-sc.gov/police
• Department of Social Services:  https://dss.sc.gov  843-898-9282
• SC Dept of Health and Human Services (888) 549-0820 https://www.scdhhs.gov/
• SC Dept of Education 803-734-8500 https://ed.sc.gov/
• SC Dept of Employment and Workforce 803-737-2400 https://www.dew.sc.gov/
• SC Office of Regulatory Staff 803-737-0800 https://ors.sc.gov/
• Charleston Trident Urban League Fair Housing Hotline 843-579-7578 http://www.ctul.org/
• Social Security Administration 843-766-7035 https://www.ssa.gov/
• Subsidized Housing / Rental Assistance List 803-253-3292 http://www.hud.gov

Utilities

• Dominion Energy: http://www.sceg.com/en/
• Charleston Water Systems: http://www.charlestonwater.com/

Education

• Charleston County Public Schools: http://www.ccsdschools.com/
• College of Charleston: https://www.cofc.edu/
• Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston:
  http://www.clemson.edu/caah/architecture/fluid-campus/charleston.html
• American College of the Building Arts: http://www.buildingartscollege.us/
• Trident Technical College: http://www.tridenttech.edu/
• Trident Literacy Association: http://www.tridentlit.org/
• GreatSchools.org: http://www.greatschools.org/

Organizations

• One 80 Place (Crisis Ministries): http://one80place.org/ or 843-723-9477
• Charleston Habitat for Humanities: http://www.charlestonhabitat.org/
• Charleston County Human Services Commission: http://www.cchscom.com/ or 843-723-9285
• Boys & Girls Club of America:http://www.bgca.org/Pages/index.aspx
• Cannon Street YMCA: https://ymcagc.org/ or 843-577-9622
• Charleston County Public Library: http://www.ccpl.org/
• Tricounty Family Ministries https://neighborstogethersc.org/
• Vision Center Information: https://www.visioncenter.org/blog/aging-and-eyesight/

Apartment Locator

• SocialServe.com: http://www.SocialServe.com/

Useful Hotlines or Helplines

• Aging Department 844-477-4632 http://www.aging.sc.gov/
• The Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) 803-896-5555 http://www.daodas.sc.gov/
• Catholic Charities 843-308-9361 http://www.charities.org/
• Charleston Association for the Blind 843-723-6915 http://www.afb.org/
• Charleston Crime Stoppers 843-554-1111 http://www.5541111.com/
• Center for Women 843-763-7333 http://www.c4women.org/
• Elder Support 843-766-7180
• My Sister’s House 843-744-3242
• SC Department of Mental Health 803-898-8581 http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/
• Red Cross 843-744-8021 http://www.redcross.org/
• MAIN LIBRARY 68 CALHOUN STREET 843-805-6930 http://WWW.CCPL.ORG
• NORTH CHARLESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY 843-747-1793 https://www.northcharlestonhousing.org/
• CHARLESTON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY 843-722-1942 http://WWW.CCHRA.NET/
• SALVATION ARMY 843-747-5271 http://WWW.SALVATIONARMY.ORG/
• TEL-A-RIDE (CARTA) TRANSPORTATION 843-724-7420 http://WWW.RIDECARTA.COM/
• STAR GOSPEL MISSION 843-722-2473 http://WWW.STARGOSPELMISSION.COM/
• MY SISTER’S HOUSE 843-722-3242 http://mysistershouse.org/