The focus of the Family Support Program is supporting:

(1) families with children with intellectual disability or related disabilities or head injuries, spinal cord injuries, or similar disabilities, twenty-one years of age and younger;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-21-40

  • Family support: means goods and services needed by individuals or families to care for themselves or their family members with intellectual disability or related disabilities or head injuries, spinal cord injuries, or similar disabilities and to enjoy a quality of life comparable to other community members. See South Carolina Code 44-21-20

(2) persons older than twenty-one years of age with intellectual disability or related disabilities or head injuries, spinal cord injuries, or similar disabilities who choose to live with their families;

(3) persons older than twenty-one years of age with intellectual disability or related disabilities or head injuries, spinal cord injuries, or similar disabilities who are residing in the community in an unsupported setting, not a state or federally funded program.