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Local help in Columbia

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Columbia is home to the Harriet Hancock Center, which runs the state's main free legal program for name and gender marker changes, including a monthly free fingerprinting clinic. Petitions for Richland County residents are filed at the Richland County Family Court downtown. For hormones, Planned Parenthood's Columbia health center and telehealth are the main low-barrier options.

Covers: Richland and Lexington counties (the Midlands)

Draft list from organizations' own websites, 2026-09-24. Call ahead: hours and services change.

On this page
  1. Where to file
  2. Name change and ID help
  3. Hormones and primary care
  4. Sexual health, PrEP, and testing
  5. Mental health and support
  6. Sources

Where to file a name change

Court
Richland County Family Court (Fifth Judicial Circuit)[1]
Filing fee
$150

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Filing tips for this court1701 Main St., 1st Floor West Wing, Columbia, SC 29201; mailing address P.O. Box 192, Columbia, SC 29202; 803-576-3320. The court does not…

1701 Main St., 1st Floor West Wing, Columbia, SC 29201; mailing address P.O. Box 192, Columbia, SC 29202; 803-576-3320. The court does not give legal advice. Lexington County residents file with Lexington County Family Court instead.

Name change and ID help 2

  • Harriet Hancock Center, Legal Name & Gender Marker Change Program[2]

    Free legal help with name and gender marker petitions (forms, drafting, filing, an attorney at the hearing, fee assistance). Free fingerprinting with Rainy Day Fund on the third Friday of each month, 1 to 4 pm; apply online first.

    • Free
    803-771-77131108 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC 29205

  • Rainy Day Fund[7]

    Helps pay legal costs for people whose main barrier is money; partners with the Harriet Hancock Center on name and gender marker petitions.

    • Free
    • Community reported

Hormones and primary care 1

Sexual health, PrEP, and testing 1

  • CAN Community Health, Columbia[5][6]

    PrEP, HIV care, free rapid HIV and hepatitis testing, STI testing and treatment, counseling, and pharmacy. Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm.

    • Cost varies
    803-849-84301911 Hampton St., Columbia, SC 29201

Mental health and support 3

Sources

9 sources. Numbers in the text, like [1], point here.Show all
  1. Family CourtRichland County, Court. accessed
    “There is a $150 filing fee to start any case in Family Court.”
  2. TransfusionHarriet Hancock LGBT Center, Organization. accessed
    “Meetings are on the third Wednesday of the month from 6 - 8 PM.”
  3. Columbia Health CenterPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic, Organization. accessed
  4. CAN Community Health, South CarolinaCAN Community Health, Organization. accessed
  5. CAN Community Health (resource guide entry)Harriet Hancock LGBT Center, Organization. accessed
  6. Rainy Day Fund (resource guide entry)Harriet Hancock LGBT Center, Organization. accessed
  7. Sexual & Intimate Partner Helplines (resource guide entry)Harriet Hancock LGBT Center, Organization. accessed
  8. Trans LifelineOrganization. accessed