MISSION STATEMENT
The Horry County Shelter Home, Inc. 1872 Highway 90, Conway,
SC 29526, is a state licensed, private, non-profit organization
providing emergency, temporary shelter in a clean, safe, secure and
morally responsible homelike environment, for up to 28 Horry
County abused, abandoned or neglected children, (12 boys and 16
girls), aged birth to 17 years old, placed into foster care by the
Department of Social Services.
The facility consists of two (2) homes. These wood frame, two story
homes, each contain six ( 6) bedrooms, four ( 4) bathrooms, kitchens,
dining rooms, living rooms, and large game/recreation rooms.
The surrounding yards provide for safe, fresh, open air play time.
"OUR HISTORY"
The Horry County Shelter Home is a private, non-profit facility
whose mission is to provide quality emergency temporary residential
care for the abused, neglected, and abandoned children of Horry
County. Initial efforts to organize the Shelter Home began in the
Autumn of 1973. A number of concerned residents within the
community attempted to raise funds for the proposed home. During
the planning stages, The United Way of Horry County approved the
Shelter Home as a member agency and provided much needed funds
for the Shelter Home to initiate renovations of the donated beach
house. In May of 1975, after months of hard work and many
answered prayers, the dream of providing emergency, temporary ,
loving care to any child who needed it, in a comfortable, home-like
environment, became a reality when the Horry County Shelter Home
first opened its doors. In November 1992, responding to critical
demands for additional space for Horry County's disadvantage
children, a second dwelling became operational, enabling the Shelter
Home to nearly triple its service capability to 28 beds. Since then,
more than 4,135 Horry County children have resided and received
care from our facility. In the past few years, an annual average of
220 Horry County children passed through our doors.
E-MAIL HCShelterHome@AOL.COM
"OUR PURPOSE"
The purpose of the Horry County Shelter Home is to provide quality
emergency temporary residential care for the abused, neglected, and
abandoned children of Horry County .The Horry County Shelter
Home is organized into two homes. The boys home is licensed for
12 boys. The girls home is licensed for 16 girls. The age limit is
birth to 17 years old. Service is provided 24 hours per day, 365 days
per year .Referrals come from the Horry County Department of
Social Services. The primary focus of the Horry County Shelter
Home is meeting the immediate medical, physical, spiritual, and
emotional needs of every child placed at our facility .The Shelter
Home provides a safe, warm, "home like" environment for all our
residents, and care is provided by a well-trained, loving team of staff
members. Our special staff members accomplish the following goals:
-Demonstrate how Kindness, Care & Love make a difference in a
child's life.
-Discuss how and why Violence is not an answer to a problem.
-Display how Communication is the key to success and happiness.
The Horry County Shelter Home staff meets each child's immediate
needs and begins a process of assessing further needs as well as
providing the Department of Social Services with recommendations
pertaining to educational, behavioral, social skills. These
recommendations may ultimately help determine the type of home or
family environment each child may best flourish.
The Horry County Shelter Home Staff continues to :
Help Children See Hope
At the cost of Thirty Dollars (30.00) per day the Horry County Shelter Home provides the lowest cost child care of any children's residential facility in South Carolina.
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