Child Care Licensing Contacts 

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Name Title Division Phone Email Cynthia Lara Director Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services (803) 898-9024 cynthia.lara@dss.sc.gov Rick Knight Program Coordinator Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services (803) 898-9030 richard.knight@dss.sc.gov

Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services 2638 Two Notch Road, Suite 200 Columbia, SC 29204 Phone: (803) 898-9020 Fax: (803) 898-9029

Region I 

Counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg.

Linda Allen, Supervisor

Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services
37 Villa Road, B-135, Suite 100
Greenville, SC 29615
Telephone: (864) 370-2318 or toll-free (800) 637-8550
Fax: (864) 370-9185

Region II 

Counties: Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, McCormick, Richland, Saluda, Union and York.

April McDaniel, Supervisor

Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services
2638 Two Notch Road, Suite 220
Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: (803) 898-9001 or toll-free (888) 202-1469
Fax: (803) 898-9002

Region III 

Counties: Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper and Orangeburg.

Ella Gooden, Supervisor

Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services
3346 Rivers Avenue, Suite D-1
North Charleston, SC 29405
Telephone: (843) 953-9780 or toll-free (800) 260-0211
Fax: (843) 953-9787

Region IV 

Counties: Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Lee, Marion, Marlboro, Sumter and Williamsburg.

Peggy Wilson, Supervisor 

Child Care Licensing and Regulatory Services
BTC-037, 181 East Evans Street
Florence, S. C. 29526
Telephone: (843) 661-6623 or toll-free (800) 464-9138
Fax: (843) 661-7504