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To enhance the quality of life for the citizens of Charles City County who are in need through family-based programs that promote the self-sufficiency of families and safeguard vulnerable children and adults.

SSI provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who have little or no income or resources.

The Department of Family Services administers a wide variety of programs and services that assist children, youth, families, individuals with disabilities, and older adults with basic supports and medical needs as well as services to protect children and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

The Division of Social Services provides an array of services to the citizens of Danville. Social Services provides those citizens, who are eligible, the ability to meet their physical and emotional needs. You may request an agency conference to discuss any action with which you disagree. You may also request an administrative hearing by the State Department of Social Services when funds are available and your application is denied, or you are refused the right to apply during the application period, or your application is not acted on or is closed prior to benefit determination. A hearing must be requested within 30 days of the negative action. The hearing request may be submitted to the local agency or to: Hearing and Legal Services Manager Appeals and Fair Hearings Unit Virginia Department of Social Services 801 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219-3301 If you suspect Fraud or Abuse of any kind, report it to your Local Department of Social Services or call 1-800-552-3431.

Offers a large range of services starting with pre-retirement counseling, benefit information, and benefit updates. In addition, it is a general point of contact for retirees and their family members for information and referral to other agencies, which includes the Veterans Administration.

The Social Security Retirement benefit is a monthly check that replaces part of your income when you reduce your hours or stop working altogether. It may not replace all your income so it's best to identify other ways to pay for your monthly expenses as you age.

The Charlottesville Department of Social Services is one of 120 local departments in Virginia’s state-supervised, locally-administered public social services system. The Department is an agency of city government which administers federal, state, and local public assistance and family service programs.

The Division of Social Services provides an array of services to the citizens of Rockbridge, Lexington and Buena Vista. Social Services provides those citizens, who are eligible, the ability to meet their physical and emotional needs. You may request an agency conference to discuss any action with which you disagree. You may also request an administrative hearing by the State Department of Social Services when funds are available and your application is denied, or you are refused the right to apply during the application period, or your application is not acted on or is closed prior to benefit determination. A hearing must be requested within 30 days of the negative action. The hearing request may be submitted to the local agency or to: Hearing and Legal Services Manager Appeals and Fair Hearings Unit Virginia Department of Social Services 801 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219-3301 If you suspect Fraud or Abuse of any kind, report it to your Local Department of Social Services or call 1-800-552-3431.

To provide temporary economic assistance to those in need of such assistance; to protect children and adults unable to protect themselves; to assist people to become self-sufficient.

Clarke County Department of Social Services (CCDSS) is the locally administered office of the Virginia Department of Social Services. CCDSS administers Child Protective Services, In-Home and Prevention Services, Foster Care, Fostering Futures, and Adoption for families and children. CCDSS also provides Adult Protect Services and Adult Services for the elderly and disabled. In addition to services programs, Clarke County Department of Social Services administers benefit programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Child Care Subsidy, Employment Assistance, and Energy Assistance programs.

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.

Provides assistance to citizens of Washington County with programs fighting poverty, neglect, and abuse, and strengthening community and self sufficiency.

Helps people triumph over poverty, abuse and neglect to shape strong futures for themselves, their families and communities.

Provides assistance to citizens of Virginia to help them live their best lives. One child, one senior citizen, one person at a time, the Virginia Department of Social Services programs and services help people triumph over poverty, abuse and neglect, achieve self-sufficiency and shape strong futures for themselves, their families and their communities.

To promote self-reliance and protection for citizens through community-based services. The agency provides a variety of benefit and service programs.

Benefit programs for income eligible individuals and families are as follows: *Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - to help with supplementing a household's food budget, to provide better nutrition in order to alleviate hunger and malnutrition *Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) - to provide financial assistance to needy families so that children under age 18 may be cared for in their own homes by one or both parents, or in the homes of relatives *General Relief (GR) - to provide maintenance or certain emergency assistance that cannot be provided through other means (typically through the federal programs). 1) monthly assistance to individuals holding custody of a non-related minor child (individuals in need of assistance for children related to them must apply for TANF, not GR); and 2) a vendor payment to a funeral home for cremation for those who are deceased with no means of payment of burial expenses. *Medicaid *Auxiliary Grant Program (AG) - provides income supplements to recipients of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and certain other aged, blind, or disabled individuals residing in a licensed assisted living facility (ALF) or an approved adult foster care home (AFCH), licensed by the state Department of Social Services. *Family Access to Medical Insurance Security (FAMIS) - to meet the health care needs of Virginia's uninsured children between the ages of 0 through 18 years, in working families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough to qualify for private health insurance. *Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare (VIEW) - providing employment, education, and training opportunities to recipients of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) in attaining the goal of self-sufficiency. *Refugee Assistance - provides the following benefits and services, in addition to the typical public at large programs, to the refugee population in Virginia: culturally sensitive child welfare services to refugee unaccompanied minors; refugee cash and medical transitional assistance to eligible refugees and their families; refugee social services; Domestic Health Assessment; targeted assistance, in two federally designated areas of the state, for refugees who are particularly hard to serve and may need special assistance in order to achieve self-sufficiency; and specialized services implemented through discretionary programs targeted to address critical unmet needs in refugee communities (e.g. the Refugee Elderly Assistance Program [REAP], designed to meet the special needs of refugees who are age 60 or older and who may have a more difficult time becoming self-sufficient). *Emergency Assistance - provide help to families with children when a fire or natural disaster has occurred and they have no means to

Benefit programs for eligible recipients. Services mandated by Virginia Code.

Facilitates a wide variety of governmental assistance, as well as adult and child protective services, to those qualified and in need of services. Provides assistance with Federal Programs such as Food Stamps/SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, Foster Care, FAMIS, and Fuel Assistance.

The Hopewell Department of Social Services promote citizens self-reliance and protection through community-based services. The Department administers financial assistance programs, and a variety of other service programs, for children, adults, and families.

A representative payee service for those receiving Social Security benefits who are not capable of being their own payee. Offers a budget help service for individuals in need of budget guidance with their income. Provides bill pay service for those needing help to pay their bills on time each month with their income.

To promote self-sufficiency while providing support and protection to the citizens of Giles County through the delivery and coordination of community based services.

Provides secure and confidential intake and application assistance to receive retirement benefits. Application materials can be completed on the website or by phone.

SSI provides monthly payments to people with disabilities and older adults who have little or no income or resources.

The program provides monthly checks to people who are age 65 and older, or blind, or have a disability and who have limited income and resources. Off street parking is provided and program is accessible by bus and internally accessible for the handicapped.