General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists

Helping Hands, founded in 1973, is a nonprofit organization based in Aiken, SC, dedicated to providing emergency shelter and support for children who have been removed from their homes due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect. With a mission to enhance the quality of life for youth and families in need, the agency offers a range of residential and community-based services aimed at improving health, educational outcomes, and resilience. The organization has evolved over the years, acquiring additional programs like Aiken Youth Empowerment to further support local youth by addressing risk-taking behaviors and promoting healthy development. Helping Hands continues to be a vital resource in the community, providing essential services such as independent living skills instruction, mental health counseling, and educational support. Generated from the website

Established in 1969, Aiken Area Council on Aging provides health, wellness, nutrition, transportation, social and other services for prevention of critical and acute care needs of community. It maintains a sitter registry containing list of caregivers with their experience, training, time availability, work preferences and areas willing to work. It provides in-home respite care by developing socialization skills as well as motor skills of the participant and provides a medium of outlet to relieve the caregiver. It offers transportation through Job Access Reverse Commute program for low-income people to get to and from work, job-related training and interviews. It offers support and information for caregivers of people who have Alzheimer's disease. Aiken Area Council on Aging is located in Aiken, S.C.

Aiken County Board of Disabilities, founded in 1987, provides community services to children and adults with autism, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, mental retardation and related disabilities. Its programs include individualized family service plan, family support and respite services, home and community-based Medicaid waiver and head and spinal cord injury Medicaid waiver. The board has child and adult development centers and aims to maximize independence, safeguard and support human rights and dignity and provide education and resources to public to help in understanding and prevention of autism, head and spinal cord injuries and mental retardation. Aiken County Board of Disabilities is based in Aiken, S.C.