YOUNG FLORENCE SC
RESOURCES
Support and Resources for Young People in Florence County
If you are going through something hard, Florence has people and places that can help. You do not have to figure it out alone.
Florence, SC & the Pee Dee Region
Your Community Guide
29501 · The Community Hub
If you are going through something hard, Florence has people and places that can help. You do not have to figure it out alone.
Call or text 988. This connects you to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, a national network of mental health professionals available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is free, confidential, and available to anyone.
Pee Dee Mental Health Center is a state-operated community mental health center providing outpatient services to children, adolescents, adults, and families in Florence, Darlington, and Marion counties.
Florence County Clinic
125 East Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29506
(843) 317-4073
24/7 Crisis Line: 1-833-364-2274
HopeHealth is a federally qualified health center with behavioral health counseling services available at multiple Florence locations. HopeHealth approaches mental health through an interdisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and case managers.
Note: To access behavioral health services at HopeHealth, you must first become a HopeHealth patient through a primary care visit.
HopeHealth Medical Plaza
360 North Irby Street, Florence, SC 29501
(843) 667-9414
HopeHealth on Palmetto Street
600 East Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501
Local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness serving Florence, Darlington, Marion, Chesterfield, Marlboro, and Dillon counties. Offers education, support, and advocacy.
Learn MoreA major behavioral health facility representing a historic collaboration between McLeod Health, MUSC Health, HopeHealth, Francis Marion University, and the SC Department of Mental Health. Includes a 63-bed inpatient psychiatric unit.
For referrals and access, contact HopeHealth or your primary care provider.
Serves children and youth ages 6 to 18 with afterschool and summer programs focused on academic achievement, character development, and healthy lifestyles. Has specific outreach to youth affected by homelessness and serves children in the foster care system.
$10 per school semester
310 West
Roughfork Street, Florence, SC 29501
Mon–Thu during
school: 2–6 p.m.
Six community centers offering programs for all ages at no or low cost. Includes Barnes Street Activity Center, Dr. Iola Jones Park, Levy Youth Center, Maple Park, and Mordecai C. Johnson.
Mon–Thu: 11
a.m.–7 p.m.
Fri: 11 a.m.–5:30
p.m.
(843) 665-3253