CAC Funding
At SCNCAC, we are committed to supporting South Carolina’s Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs) in providing critically needed services to children and families impacted by abuse. This support includes securing private foundation and endowment grants as well as administering state funding for CACs.
In recent years, state funding for CACs has steadily increased, reaching $1.58 million in the 2024–2025 fiscal year and has been administered by SCNCAC through a cooperative agreement with the South Carolina Department of Children’s Advocacy. Unfortunately, the South Carolina General Assembly decided not to provide this funding for the 2025–2026 state fiscal year as part of a broader effort to eliminate one-time funding (earmarks) for all nonprofit organizations.
Despite this challenge, SCNCAC, worked together with local CACs, to ensure the continued availability of essential services for child victims of abuse, as required under the South Carolina Child Abuse Response Protocol Act. We also actively engaged with legislators and stakeholders to explore options for restoring state funding and state funding has been restored for the 2026–2027 state fiscal year.
SCNCAC CAC State Funding Reports
In order to ensure transparency and accountability for CAC state funding, SCNCAC provides yearly reports to provide sufficient context, description, justification, and information regarding the CAC projects that are supported with state funds. These reports provide information to allow policymakers and the public to evaluate the merit of CAC state-funded activities and provide confidence that the funds are appropriately spent to support and strengthen the statewide response to child abuse in South Carolina. The 2024-2025 report provides information about the CAC services provided with state funding and how SCNCAC and individual CACs used the funding to support children and families.
Past SCNCAC State Funding Reports
Please use the Contact button at the top of this page if you have any questions about CAC state funding. If you are a CAC Director or staff member, you may use the SCNCAC contact list to email an individual SCNCAC staff member. Annual SCNCAC CAC state funding reports are available above and are open to public viewing. Due to the temporary loss of state funding, no report is available for the 2025-2026 state fiscal year.
2026-2027 CAC State Funding Process
SCNCAC, under a cooperative agreement with SCDCA, is administering $1,580,000 in state funds for the support and improvement of the statewide CAC response to child abuse. CACs provide a coordinated response to victims of child abuse through multidisciplinary teams as part of the statewide response to child abuse required by the South Carolina Child Abuse Response Protocol Act.
CAC directors and financial staff can access the 2026-2027 RFP via the link below. You will need to log in to SCNCAC Connect to access the RFP or application.
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