Purpose: To provide practical and supportive services to individuals who need help with essential daily activities in the areas of home management and personal care.
Services include:
Social Work Services:
Provides an assessment of need
Knowledge and access to community resources
Development of a service plan and monitoring of service delivery
Education, resource referral and advocacy for services and resources
Purpose: APS receives and evaluates reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of disabled adults (age 18 and older). Services are designed to identify, remedy and prevent problems that result in such cases. APS strives to protect the disabled adult while acknowledging the client's right to self-determination.
Adult Care Homes (ACH) also referred to as Rest Homes, Homes for the Aged, or Assisted Living, are homes which provide residential care for seven (7) or more aged and disabled adults.
Family Care Homes(FCH) provide for two (2) to six (6) individuals. These homes provide around-the-clock or live-in staff that prepare meals, supervise medications, and provide assistance with bathing, grooming and other personal care needs.
Purpose: Guardianship involves the provision of services to individuals who are alleged to be incompetent and their families. It includes legal proceedings in which the court finds an adult incompetent and another party is given responsibility for duties relative to the personal affairs and/or property.
The Child Care Subsidy Program office Hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. For more information, please call (828) 697-5500. Service availability may be limited and names placed on a waiting list.
The Child Day Care Program's goal is to ensure safe, quality, accessible and affordable child care for children in Henderson County. This program supports the independence of families by enabling responsible adults to secure and maintain employment and meet the basic needs of their children.
North Carolina State law requires that every county provide Child Protective Services in order to ensure the safety of all children in the state. The Department of Social Services is the agency that receives all reports of neglect or abuse, investigates those reports and provides services to maltreated children to prevent abuse or neglect from recurring.
Neglect is the most common form of maltreatment, but it receives far less attention than abuse.
Children younger than 4 years are at greatest risk of severe injury or death.
Henderson County Department of Social Services provides services to those interested in agency, relative, step-parent and independent adoptions. Agency adoptions involve children who are not able to safely return to their parents. Placement for these children is provided by licensed foster parents or relatives that are approved by the court. Often licensed foster parents or relatives are chosen as the adoptive parents for children who have been in their care. The process for becoming a licensed foster parent is outlined below.
WHAT IS NC HEALTH CHOICE?
A new program that began October 1, 1998.
Low-income families may still be able to get health insurance for their children. North Carolina's children's health insurance plan "NC Health Choice" will cover children from low-income families that still earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.
