To reach the goal, Haley says her cabinet agencies agreed to streamline inspections and licensing of foster homes.
DSS also set up a new website at www.scfamilies.org to help families about apply to be foster parents and to help them when they get a foster child.
DSS attempted a similar push in 2011, but Haley says the difference is the agency is taking a statewide approach this year, while it concentrated on local efforts five years ago.