Families and Adults

Everything from A to Z

• Adoption
• Adult Protective Services
• At-Risk Case Management (Services to Prevent Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation)
• Alzheimer’s Support Program
• Counseling Services at Departments of Social Services
• Baby Love (Medicaid for Pregnant Women)
• Business Enterprise Program
• Child Care Provider Search
• Child Care Facility Info Line (File a complaint or ask for facility info): 1-800-859-0829
• Child Care Facility Licensing
• Child Care Subsidy (Help paying for child care)
• Child Support
• Child Support Customer Service Hotline (For clients of Child Support Enforcement): 1-800-992-9457
• e-Child Support (Online system to pay support or get case information)
• Community Services Block Grant: Assistance for Low-Income Individuals and Families
• Eastern NC School for the Deaf
• Elder Housing Locator
• Emergency Assistance (Short-Term Financial Assistance for Families in Crisis)
• Emergency Housing and Shelters for the Homeless
• Employment Services for People with Disabilities
• Employment Services for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind
• Family Planning: Be Smart
• Food and Nutrition Services (Formerly Food Stamps)
• Foster Care
• Governor Morehead Preschool (For the Visually Impaired)
• Governor Morehead School for the Blind
• Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
• Health Check (Medicaid for Children)
• Health Choice for Children (Health Insurance for Low Income Children)
• Heating and Cooling Assistance (Crisis Intervention)
• Homelessness in North Carolina
• Housing and Home Improvement Assistance
• Independent Living Services for Foster Children (LINKS)
• Low Income Energy Assistance
• Maternity Homes (For problem pregnancies)
• NC Kids Adoption and Foster Care Network: 1-877-NCKIDS-1
• Pregnancy Services at Department of Social Services (For unplanned pregnancies)
• Refugee Assistance
• RSVP: Support for Returning Veterans
• Social Serve.com (Low Income Housing Locating Service)
• Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
• State-County Special Assistance, In Home (Help to Stay in Your Home)
• Veterans: Returning Support for Veterans
• Work First Cash Assistance
• Whitaker School (Long-term treatment program for emotionally handicapped adolescents)
• Wright School (Mental health treatment for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders)
• Vocatoinal Rehabilitation: Employment Services for People with Disabilities
• Vocational Rehabilitation: Employment Services for the Visually Impaired and Deaf/Blind

Services

Hotlines

• Child Care Facility Info Line (File a complaint or ask for facility info): 1-800-859-0829
• Child Support Customer Service Hotline (For clients of Child Support Enforcement): 1-800-992-9457
• DHHS Customer Service Center (Help finding information on DHHS Services): 1-800-662-7030
• Fraud Reporting, public assistance: 1-800-662-7030
• Fraud Reporting, Medicaid (multiple numbers)
• Safe Surrender:1-800-367-2229

Facts and Fact Sheets

• Breastfeeding Support and Promotion
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Child Care-Choosing Quality
• Child Care Rules and Regulations
• Eat Smart, Move More NC Data on Adults
• Family Disaster Plan (PDF, 1.65 MB)
• Obesity Quick Facts (PDF, 229 KB)
• Safe Surrender (Of Infants 7 Days Old or Less)
• See also: Statistics and Publications about Families and Adults

Community Advocacy: How to Get Involved

• Boards and Commissions
• Eat Smart, Move More NC Coalitions
• Ending Homelessness in North Carolina
• Grant Opportunities

Divisions Serving Families and Adults

• Aging and Adult Services
• Child Development
• Economic Opportunity
• Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services
• Services for the Blind
• Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Social Services
• Vocational Rehabilitation