02/06/2026
🚨 CWP UPDATE!!! 🚨
For my South Carolinians we want to make you aware of a recent change made by SLED to the CWP new, renewal, and replacement application process on their website.
Unfortunately, this update was made without prior notice to us, so we were not aware the system was changing until students and alumni began reaching out with questions. We know how frustrating that can be, and we appreciate your patience as we all adjust.
As of now, applicants will need to create a new account on the SLED website. From what we have been told, once your account is set up, you should be able to see your CWP information listed, and from there you can click on it to complete renewals or replacement applications.
In the meantime, if you have questions or run into issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out. While we’re still gathering more official information, we’ll do our best to help however we can.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding. We’ll share updates as soon as we have them.
New website ----------> applicants.sled.sc.gov/
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