Columbia Foster Care Services by South Carolina MENTOR

At South Carolina MENTOR, we serve children and families with unique needs as well as individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our services for children and families support our foster parents, who we call Mentors, and the children they care for through foster care, behavioral health services, day programs, and family-centered treatment.

Experience the Joy of Fostering in Columbia, South Carolina

With kids right here in Columbia waiting to be welcomed by their new foster family, you can forever change a child's life for the better. Embarking on the path of a foster parent in Columbia is a deeply meaningful choice—a commitment to the futures of your community's children. It's a journey where every small act of kindness you offer helps to uplift a child's spirit. Wondering what it's like to take that journey as a foster parent? Find out as Erin-Page Brown, an adoptive parent and former foster parent to over 25 children, answers some of the most commonly asked foster parenting questions.




Find out how you can make a difference for a child as a foster parent