Renovations to centers for disabled South Carolinians scaled back after shortfall discovered

By: Jessica Holdman

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: March 31, 2026

Words: 1,378

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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COLUMBIA — Efforts to renovate the state’s five regional institutions that house South Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities are being dialed back.

The downsizing comes after the overseeing agency spent a chunk of taxpayer dollars meant for renovations on other things. Estimates that didn’t factor in the buildings’ ages, along with rising construction costs also played a role in the multimillion-dollar shortfall.

It was during a March 2024 visit to the Coastal Center in …

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