June 8, 2023
What is Disability Rights South Carolina? Disability Rights South Carolina (DRSC) is a statewide nonprofit serving as the protection and advocacy system (P&A) for South Carolina. P&As are the only legally based advocacy organization established by Congress to protect the…
Read More »February 27, 2023
Report identifies opportunities for South Carolina to strengthen home and community-based services for people with disabilities COLUMBIA, S.C. (February 28, 2023) — Disability Rights South Carolina (DRSC), the designated Protection and Advocacy System for South Carolina serving people with disabilities,…
Read More »February 9, 2023
This week our Executive Director, Beth Franco, was excited to attend the ceremonial signing of bill s.533, the Joint Resolution that is bringing subminimum wage in SC to an end. Since 1938, employers have been allowed to pay people with…
Read More »December 13, 2022
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) is increasing specific reimbursement rates for home and community-based services (HCBS) provided through the state’s waiver programs. The rate increases are being made to enhance the network of providers rendering…
Read More »December 2, 2022
Are you currently living in a residential facility? Do you participate in a day program? Do you work at a work center or workshop? We need to hear from YOU! A residential facility could be any Home and Community-Based Services…
Read More »November 18, 2022
Disability Rights North Carolina filed a lawsuit in 2017 on behalf of a woman named Samantha and others with intellectual and development disabilities (I/DD) who were institutionalized or who risked institutionalization in 2018 because the state failed to provide the…
Read More »October 19, 2022
The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) Office of Special Education Services (OSES) announces the 2022 SPP/APR Virtual Town Hall! OSES requests your input on proposed changes to our State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) targets and goals. The changes…
Read More »June 2, 2022
We want to hear from you! On August, 9-11, 2022, representatives from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will visit Disability Rights South Carolina…
Read More »April 29, 2022
On Wednesday April 27, 2022 a lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina alleging horrific living conditions for the more than 250 children detained by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice…
Read More »April 28, 2022
COLUMBIA, SC – A group that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities in South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Richland County regarding brutal, inhumane and unconstitutional conditions at the overcrowded and understaffed county jail. The lawsuit is…
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