SOCIAL SERVICES3 East Pulteney Square, Bath, New
York 14810
Telephone: (607) 776-7611 Child Support Customer Service 1-888-208-4485 Kathryn A. Biehl |
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| The Department of Social Services (DSS) is organized into functional divisions (as prescribed in Federal and State statutes), which are responsible for specific assistance programs. These include: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Public Assistance a) Aid to Dependent Children b) Home Relief c) Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) d) Employment Services e) Fraud and Legal Affairs |
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| 2. Medical Assistance a) Medicaid b) Nursing Home and Hospital Care c) Physicians, Dentists, Pharmacists, etc. d) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) e) Managed Care |
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| 3. Food Stamps | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Title XX Services a) Child Protective b) Adult Protective c) Adoptions d) Foster Home Placement e) Preventive Services |
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| 5. Child Support Enforcement Unit Responsibilities of the Public Assistance, Medical Assistance, and Food Stamps divisions are to interview applicants, determine their eligibility, determine how much assistance they can receive, and deliver the appropriate payment. The entire process is repeated at specified intervals to re-establish eligibility. The Department also coordinates selection and assignment of Home Relief and Aid to Dependent Children Employables to public sector work assignments. The Department's duties under Title XX Services are much more varied. Caseworkers become personally involved in the lives of clients with individual counseling, home visits, problem solving, assistance, foster home selection and adoption activities, to name a few. The Child Support Enforcement Unit of the Department monitors Family Court support judgments; its support investigators are deputized to pursue those delinquent in support payments. The Department maintains intake offices at Corning, Hornell and Bath. All services are offered at the Bath office. Title XX Services only are also offered at Corning and Hornell. | |||||||||||||||||||
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