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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Adoption
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
ADOPTION: Provides services which enable children to become free for adoption and to be placed with adoptive parent(s). Services can be provided at the direct request of the child's birth parents or initiated by foster care staff for children who have been abandoned or who have been in foster care with no chance of returning to their families. Als...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Adult Protective Services
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
PROTECTIVE SERVICES: Provides professional services to at risk adults. An at-risk adult is one who is maltreated, has inadequate food, clothing or shelter, or lacks essential medical care. DSS investigates and arranges for services to remedy the situation. Legal mandates require adults in neglect cases to be seen within 5 days and in abuse cases wi...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Child Support
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
CHILD SUPPORT: Provides services which establish and enforce child support orders, including location of the absentee parent. Searches for the absent parent, proves the paternity of the child, gets a court order for support, collects support payments, enforces the court order and reviews and modifies the court order.
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Foster Care for Children
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
FOSTER CARE: Places children in either temporary foster homes or group homes when appropriate. Placements are court-ordered or by voluntary parent agreement depending on the nature of the case. Placements are made only for children who are abused, neglected, abandoned or dependent on the state.
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Families Now
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
ASSESSMENT: Provides a one time limited intensive home based, family focused, individualized service with families at imminent of high risk dis-solutions. The preventive, short term service includes family counseling, parent aide support, teaching and modeling parenting skills and networking of extended family and community system
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, In-Home Aide Services
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
IN-HOME AIDE SERVICES: Provides assistance with activities of daily living for eligible persons. Service include personal care, housekeeping chores, budgeting, laundry and meal preparation, as well as teaching clients to perform these tasks independently.
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Medical Assistance
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
OVERVIEW: Provides assistance with screening and applying for Medicaid. Medicaid provides health coverage for some low-income individuals, families, older adults and people with disabilities. Also assists individuals with questions/concerns regarding the Medicare Beneficiary programs.SERVICES:1) QUALIFIED DISABLED AND WORKING INDIVIDUALS: Serves in...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Services to Families with Children
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE:Provides emergency cash assistance (grant) to families with children. Assists with court-ordered evictions, foreclosures, utility cut-offs, water bills and burial assistance (up to $650) and may be used only once in a 12-month period. Also available are funds for those who have experienced an official disaster, hurricane, flood...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, G.O.L.D.
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
OVERVIEW: Provides emergency financial assistance to residents in need. Also offers a variety of volunteer experiences to anyone in the community that would like to help residents in need.SERVICES:1) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Offers financial assistance with utility cut-off, eviction prevention, transportation and prescription assistance. 2) FOOD ASSIS...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD: Provides free food benefits monthly to eligible low-income households that allows them to purchase food from participating stores. Clients are given an independence card similar to a bank debit card to access benefits.EXPEDITED FOOD STAMPS: Applicants who are eligible for food stamps may receive them within seven days if their re...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Temporary Cash Assistance
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Offes the Welfare reform program designed to help families to become independent of welfare support through work, personal responsibility and community involvement. TCA has a 5-year lifetime limit for benefits. Single adult households are required to participate in work activities for a minimum of 40 hours per week, in exchang...
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Crickett Center, The
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
CHILD ADVOCACY: Provides a comprehensive assessment and investigation of child neglect, physical, sexual and mental abuse. Emergency services includes an on site Therapist, Forensic Interviewers and Forensic Medical Exams by a SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) Nurse. Also assists with prosecution of offenders when warranted by evidence.Legal...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Project Home
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
OVERVIEW: Provides supportive housing, personal care and case management services to persons who cannot live alone. Placements are in private homes. Providers supervise residents in meeting their physical and social needs.SERVICES:1) PROJECT HOME (C.A.R.E.): Provides supervised housing where single disabled and/or elderly adults receive room, board...
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Respite Care
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Provides short-term financial reimbursement to families providing care for their elderly/disabled relatives, allowing these relatives to receive a temporary break from their care taker responsibilities.
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Worcester County Department of Social Services, Temporary Disability Assistance Program
Agency: Worcester County Department of Social Services
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Provides cash assistance for low-income adults who are unemployed due to short-term disability (over a limited benefit period), long-term chronic disability, or those who have been certified as medically disabled by the State Review Team and are awaiting a decision on their federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applicatio...
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