General Info

The Department of Social Services is governed by the government of Greene County in North Carolina, which additionally manages emergency services, health, forestry, public works, tax, transportation, human resources, library, and planning band economic development departments. The Department of Social Services administers the Food Stamp program, which helps low-income families and includes healthy nutritious meals by the use of food stamp benefits. It also conducts the Low-Income Energy Assistance program, which is a one-time cash benefit to help qualified households with heating expenses. The department additionally administers several emergency services programs that are designed to meet the essential needs of household in heating- and cooling-related crises.