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The Nurturing Center

1332 Pickens Street

Columbia, SC 29201

(803) 771-4160

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  • services1Home-Based Services: Provided to families upon referral. Our parenting support, our education and our crisis counseling reduce the risk of violence and other problems

  • Center-Based Services: Families come to The Nurturing Center on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.. Services include:
  • Individual “Family Service Treatment Plans”

  • Parent Program. Services include individual and family therapy, group therapy, and parent education. Time for parent-child interaction helps parents and children learn healthy ways to interact.

  • Children’s Program. Children, between the ages of birth and 5, are provided therapeutic classes tailored to their age and social and emotional needs. Play therapy and speech therapy are also available.

  • Case Management/ Interagency Collaboration

  • Home Visitation

  • Certificate Award: “Certificate of Completion” awarded if the program is successfully completed.

  • Follow-Up Services: We provide families who complete center-based services ongoing support groups, referrals, family fun afternoons and home visits.
  • Teen Parenting Program: A unique program designed for pregnant and parenting teens and their children, in collaboration with 7 schools from the local school districts. Program goals include reducing repeat teen pregnancies, reducing school dropouts and improving early childhood development for teens’ babies.
  • Century Oak Resource Center: Created as the training and research extension of the Nurturing Center, the CORC was established in 2001. The resource center has hosted training sessions for SC DSS, Communities in Schools, Parents Anonymous, A Better Way (Project Gang Out) and SCCADVASA.