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Children's Services
Adoption Services
Adoption services are provided to prospective parents, children in need of adoption, and adoptive parents.
Day Care
Provides affordable child care services for employed clients and clients in training for employment, and in the Work First Employment Program, supports goals for getting people off the welfare roll, and supports Foster Care and Child Protective Services by providing a safe environment for the young children.
Family Planning Services
Assists families in family planning.
Foster Care
Provides temporary out-of-home placement for children because of family disruption as a result of abuse, neglect, or dependency.
Foster Home Licensure
Recruits, trains, and supervises foster homes to assure safe, temporary homes for children.
Medicaid Transportation
Transports or arranges transportation for children and families to medical providers.
Perinatal Services
Provides counseling, referral and case management services to pregnant women who are served by Public Health Department clinics to assure healthy pregnancies and reduce infant mortality.
Preparation for Independent Living
Serves youth (ages 13 and above) who are in agency custody, to build independent living skills.
Protective Services
Investigates and assesses children's situations regarding abuse, neglect, or dependency. On-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Case Planning / Case Management provides treatment services for substantiated cases to ensure children are safe.
Work Release
Determines eligibility of dependents of prison inmates to receive monthly work-release payments.
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Social Services
Physical Address
304 College Street
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Phone: 336-651-7400Fax: 336-651-7568
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Excluding holidays