South Carolina Mental Health State Planning Council 

The Mental Health State Planning Council membership reflects the mental health stakeholder community, including adults with serious mental illness, family members of adults with mental illness or families of children with emotional disturbance, public and private community-based providers, advocacy organizations, and state agency representatives.    

The purpose of the council is to review the state Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) application and make recommendations; serve as an advocate for adults with a serious mental illness, children with a severe emotional disturbance (SED), and other individuals with mental illnesses; and monitor, review, and evaluate, not less than once a year, the allocation and adequacy of mental health services within the state.