South Carolina Awards Nine Contracts For Youth Residential Services

South Carolina recently selected nine provider organizations for a qualified provider list to provide youth residential services to four state agencies: South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Children Advocacy Continuum of Care for Children with Emotional, Psychiatric, and Behavioral Illnesses. The contracts for the selected organizations started September 29, 2023, for an initial one-year term to be followed by four one-year renewals to run through September 28, 2028. The aggregate value for these contracts is about $64.6 million to cover room . . .