Resource Lists
Call 211 or Visit SC211.org
Findhelp.org to find food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced cost programs, including new programs for the COVID-19 pandemic based on your area code.
Financial Assistance
Funding Your Transition: A Resource Guide by Gender Benders. This guide was created in September 2015 and is a compilation of research and the lived experiences of the Gender Benders. .
Point of Pride:
Annual Transgender Surgery Fund: provides a scholarship-like funding to those in financial need for gender affirming surgeries.
The Point Foundation:
Community College Scholarship: scholarship for LGBTQ+ youth attending community colleges who would be interested in transitioning to a 4-year college or university.
Point’s Scholarship: scholarship for LGBTQ+ youth leaders attending 4-year colleges or universities.
1-833-887-6462
info@pointfoundation.org
Trans Lifeline:
Financial assistance for legal name changes and updating identification documents.
US (877) 565-8860
Canada (877) 330-6366
microgrants@translifeline.org
The Trans Love Fund:
Provides microgrants to trans identified individuals in SC for medical, legal, and emergency housing costs.
TUFF (Trans United with family and friends):
Provides financial assistance for Gender Affirming Surgery costs.
The Transgender Foundation of america
Trans Disaster Relief Fund: financial assistance for members of the trans community who need support due to a disaster.
TLDEF (Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund):
The Name Change Project: provides probono legal name change services for transgender, nonbinary, or gender non-confirming people in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, specific counties in NJ and NY, Philadelphia, PA, and Pittsburg, PA.
Shelters & Rehousing Programs
Call Continum of Care FIRST
1-843-737-8357
One80 Place Rehousing Rapid Program
Ages 18-24
1-843-737-8357
Ages 18+
1-843-737-8357
Female identifying and AFAB persons 18+, children aged 4-17
hope@mysistershouse.com
Carolina Youth Development Center
Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, ages 12-17
Emergency Solutions Grant Program, ages 18-21
843-266-5200
info@cydc.org
Victim Support Services
The Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center (SPARC) is a federally funded project providing education and resources about the crime of stalking. SPARC offers victim resources related to domestic violence and sexual assault service providers.
Tri-County S.P.E.A.K.S. provides essential services to victims and survivors of sexual violence, and to educate and engage the community in the awareness and prevention of sexual assault in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties.