A Lily Pad room in Horry County is meant to give children a comfortable space to rest and decompress, nonprofit leaders said. (Provided/Lily Pad)
Ashlyn Rees was exhausted when the caseworkers brought her to a local social services office after school.
The then-15-year-old had hardly slept the night before, and the stress of trying to look after her three younger siblings while they moved between homes was getting to her. Sitting in her caseworker’s cubicle, she fell asleep in the office chair…