DSS serves one in six South Carolinians through the wide array of programs it oversees, ranging from food assistance to foster care. Director Michael Leach said this is an important way to better ...

DSS charges three with SNAP fraud in unrelated cases One man is charged with fraudulently receiving more than $32,000 in SNAP benefits. To stream WLTX 19 on your phone, you need the WLTX 19 app.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – The S.C. Department of Social Services Director is planning to step down from his position after more than five years of service, as announced by Governor Henry McMaster.

From 2013 to 2021, there was a steady increase in South Dakota students feeling hopeless or sad. It was 22% in 2013, 25.4% in 2015, 35.7% in 2019 and 38.7% in 2021, according to the DSS report.

The former DSS employee's second charge is class 3 felony grand theft involving more than $100,000 in stolen property. This allegedly occurred between Jan. 1, 2010 and June 30, 2013, also in ...

Rep. Duba said DSS sent 129 children out-of-state for psychiatric residential treatment facilities and asked how the state could save money by finding solutions in South Dakota. DSS ‘in ...

A former employee of the South Dakota Department of Social Services has been found guilty of stealing $1.8 million in state and federal funds from Child Protective Services, according to a news ...

The Department of Social Services told lawmakers Jan. 16 that it would not be asking the Legislature for funds related to addressing the disproportionate rate of Native American children placed ...