Adult Protective Services - Christiansburg, Montgomery County Social Services
210 Pepper Street Southeast, Christiansburg, VA 24073
Spanish
Walk-ins and telephone referrals.
Montgomery, VA
Description
Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of adults sixty years of age or older and incapacitated adults age eighteen or older. If protective services are needed and accepted by the individual, local Adult Protective Services social workers may arrange for a wide variety of health, housing, social and legal services to stop the mistreatment or prevent further mistreatment. Services offered may include home-based care, transportation, adult day services, adult foster care, nutrition services and legal intervention in order to protect the adult. Services may be arranged for individuals in emergency situations who lack the capacity to consent to services. To report suspected adult abuse, neglect or exploitation, call your local department of social services or the Virginia Department of Social Services' 24-hour, toll-free Adult Protective Services hotline at: (888) 832-3858.
What's Here
Providing organization
Montgomery County Social Services
Assists families and individuals in becoming socially and economically self-sufficient and independent. Benefits programs include temporary assistance for needy families, food stamps, Medicaid, energy assistance, general relief, fraud prevention, children's medical security insurance. Social work programs include adoption, adult services/adult protective services, and child protective services, day care services for children, foster care, court services; and employment services for welfare recipients.