S.C. Code § 63-7-2700

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 63-7-2700 - Purpose

The purpose of this article is to establish procedures for a child who is or was in the legal custody of the Department of Social Services on the child's eighteenth birthday and who has not attained age twenty-one to receive services and supports that promote emotional well-being, economic productivity, self-sufficiency, connection to family and community, and a successful transition to adulthood upon leaving the state's foster care system.

S.C. Code § 63-7-2700

Added by 2022 S.C. Acts, Act No. 143 (HB 3509),s 1, eff. 4/25/2022.

2022 Act No. 143, Section 3, provides as follows:

"SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is contingent upon funding in the general appropriations bill."