Social services in Charlottesville, VA

The Adult Division provides a range of programs and services for adults. It offers general relief, energy assistance, adult protective, and state and local hospitalization services. The division also provides companion, nursing, long-term care, emergency and case management services for disabled people and senior citizens. In addition, the Adult Division offers the Medicaid and Food Stamps programs. It is a part of the Department of Social Services, which is governed by the County of Albemarle in Virginia. The department operates the Families and Children Division, which provides employment, adoption, family support, and child and foster care services. It also offers the Bright Stars and the Family Unification Programs.

The Food Stamps is a program that works to remove hunger and malnutrition by increasing the food purchasing power of low-income households. It is a program administered by the Charlottesville Department of Social Services, which is a locally-administered public social services system that administers federal, state and local public assistance and social work service programs. Its administration division offers planning, personnel administration, budgeting and fiscal management, and program coordination and evaluation solutions. The department s social work division provides case management, child protective, foster care, placement prevention and adoption services through federally- and state-mandated programs. The Charlottesville Department of Social Services is governed by the City of Charlottesville in Virginia.