Department of Social Services
The Department of Social Services provides social work services, financial services, and volunteer opportunities administered according to state and federal regulations. The mission of the department is to promote self-reliance and provide protection for Virginians through community based services.
The focus of social work services is to strengthen a family's or individual's ability to be self-sufficient and independent, to avoid inappropriate institutional placements and to provide protection for those persons unable to protect themselves. Certain social work services are based solely on need and not on income eligibility. Social work services include:
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