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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Adoption
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
ADOPTION: Provides services which enable children to become free for adoption and to be placed with an 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. C...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Child Protective Services
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES: Investigates allegations of physical or sexual abuse, mental injury, and neglect of children and adolescents. Legal mandates require children in neglect cases to be seen within 5 days and in abuse cases within 24 hours. Emergency services may include placement in shelter care, court involvement, or counseling with the fa...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Adult Protective Services
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES: Offers services to adults 18 years of age or older who lack the mental or physical capacity to sufficiently provide for their daily needs to protect their health, safety and welfare and are being (or at risk of being) maltreated. A person is maltreated if they lack food, clothing, shelter or essential care. DSS investigat...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Child Support Services
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
CHILD SUPPORT: Provides services which establish and enforce child support orders. These services include: locating the absentee parent; establishing paternity of the child; getting a court order for support; collecting support payments; enforcing the court order; reviewing and modifying the court order. Persons applying for Temporary Cash Assistan...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Emergency Assistance to Families with Children
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Provides an emergency assistance grant to assist with court-ordered evictions and foreclosures, water bills and utility cut-offs (up to $500), and burial assistance (up to $650, limited to recipients of cash public assistance) and may be used only once in a 24-month period. Also available are funds for those who have experienc...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Foster Care for Children & Licensing
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
OVERVIEW: Licenses individuals and families who are interested in becoming adoptive parents also places children in foster care.SERVICES:1) FOSTER CARE: Places children in either foster homes or group homes when it is clearly determined that they can no longer remain in their own homes. Placements are usually court-ordered. Returning home is the pr...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Families Now
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
ASSESSMENT: Provides a home-based service to families in which one or more children are at-risk of foster care. This preventive, short-term service includes family counseling, parent aide support, teaching and modeling parenting skills, and networking of extended family and community systems.
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Temporary Cash Assistance
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
NOTE: ALL recertification periods due in the months of October 2020-March 2021 have been POSTPONED to a later date. If a caller's is due in any of these months, they DO NOT have to do anything at this time as they will receive a letter in the mail within the next two weeks with additional details.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: Welfare reform program designe...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
NOTE: ALL recertification periods due in the months of October 2020-March 2021 have been POSTPONED to a later date. If a caller's is due in any of these months, they DO NOT have to do anything at this time as they will receive a letter in the mail within the next two weeks with additional details.SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD: Free food benefits provided month...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, In-Home Services
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
IN-HOME SUPPORT: Provides assistance with activities of daily living for elderly persons or adults with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities. Also serves persons who have a serious illness and who are at risk of abuse or neglect and offers support to caretakers of the disable and elderly. Services inc...
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Medical Assistance
Agency: Somerset 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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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Social Services to Adults
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
CASE MANAGEMENT: Provides assistance to eligible persons to remain independent and living in the community for as long as possible. Case management activities include assessment, referral, and continuous evaluation of the client's situation.
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Somerset County Department of Social Services, Temporary Disability Assistance Program
Agency: Somerset County Department of Social Services
NOTE: ALL recertification periods due in the months of October 2020-March 2021 have been POSTPONED to a later date. If a caller's is due in any of these months, they DO NOT have to do anything at this time as they will receive a letter in the mail within the next two weeks with additional details.FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: TDAP (Temporary Disability Ass...
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