South Carolina Youth Advocate Program
Shelby Etheridge LISW-CP has extensive experience in the mental health field, currently serving as the Director of Utilization Review and Lead Social Worker at Three Rivers Behavioral Health since August 2022. Additionally, Shelby has been a Mental Health Clinician at the South Carolina Youth Advocate Program since November 2020, providing individual and family therapy and comprehensive assessments. Previous experience includes the role of Licensed Social Worker at Three Rivers Behavioral Health from May 2019 to February 2021. Shelby holds a Master of Social Work degree with a concentration in Mental Health from the University of South Carolina, completed in 2019, after earning a bachelor’s degree from the same institution in 2016.
South Carolina Youth Advocate Program
The South Carolina Youth Advocate Program (SCYAP) is South Carolina’s premier provider of foster care and community-based services. We are a private, non-profit, 501(c)3 child-placing and family-serving organization. SCYAP has served children and families in South Carolina since 1990. SCYAP programs promote individualized treatment, flexible programming, case and cause advocacy, community-based services, and a positive approach to treating children and working with families. We have a comprehensive array of programs and services to children and families dealing with serious emotional, behavioral, psychological and/or development issues.