{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-960","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-960","heading":"Consolidation and delivery of services.","body":"The department is charged with providing, directing, or coordinating the appropriate and timely delivery of services to children found to be abused or neglected and those responsible for their welfare or others exercising temporary or permanent control over these children. Services must not be construed to include emergency protective custody provided for in Subarticle 3.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 7 Child Protection and Permanency","ARTICLE 3 Identification, Investigation, and Intervention","Subarticle 5 Intake and Investigation Duties of the Department of Social Services"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c007.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:24Z","sha256":"d6c7504a9ac7d64eb33666a059a7bbf039758e960576f7f2a1eb260629a97fff","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-950","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-7-970"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}