Families and Adults
Services
Adoption
- Adoption
- NC Kids Adoption and Foster Care Network: 1-877-NCKIDS-1
Child Care
- Child Care Facility Licensing
- Child Care Subsidy (Help paying for child care)
- Online Service: Search for a Child Care Provider
- Child Care Facility Info Line (File a complaint or ask for facility info): 1-800-859-0829
- Search for a Child Care Provider
- Related info:
Child Protection
- Foster Care
- Independent Living Services for Foster Children (LINKS)
- Related info: What you need to know about child abuse and neglect
- Related site: NC Kids Adoption and Foster Care Network
Child Support
- Child Support Enforcement
- Child Support Customer Service Hotline (For clients of Child Support Enforcement): 1-800-992-9457
- Online service: e-Child Support (Online system to pay support or get case information)
Education Services
- Eastern NC School for the Deaf
- Governor Morehead Preschool (For the Visually Impaired)
- Governor Morehead School for the Blind
- Whitaker School (Long-term treatment program for emotionally handicapped adolescents)
- Wright School (Mental health treatment for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders)
Employment Services
Family Planning Services
Health and Insurance Services
- Health Check (Medicaid for Children)
- Health Choice for Children (Health Insurance for Low Income Children)
Housing and Homelessness Services
- Elder Housing Locator
- Housing and Home Improvement Assistance
- Weatherization Assistance
- Online Service: Social Serve.com (Low Income Housing Locating Service
- Related Info: Ending Homelessness in North Carolina
- Related Site: U.S. Housing and Urban Development, NC Info
Income Support Services
- Child Care Subsidy (Help paying for child care)
- Emergency Assistance (Short-Term Financial Assistance for Families in Crisis)
- Food and Nutrition Services (Formerly Food Stamps)
- Heating and Air Repair and Replacement (Repair or replace inefficient systems)
- Heating and Cooling Assistance (Crisis Intervention)
- Low Income Energy Assistance
- Refugee Assistance
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
- State-County Special Assistance, In Home (Help to Stay in Your Home)
- Weatherization Assistance
- Work First Cash Assistance
Individual and Family Support Services
Pregnancy and Maternity Services
- Family Planning: Be Smart
- Maternity Homes (For problem pregnancies)
- Pregnancy Services at Department of Social Services (For unplanned pregnancies)
- Related info:
- Breastfeeding Support and Promotion
- Safe Surrender (Of Infants 7 Days Old or Less)
Safety Services
- Adult Protective Services
- At-Risk Case Management (Services to Prevent Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation)
- Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
Community Advocacy
Divisions Serving Families and Adults
Hotlines
- CARE-LINE Information and Referral Service (Help finding the programs and people to help you): 1-800-662-7030
- Child Support Customer Service Hotline (For clients of Child Support Enforcement): 1-800-992-9457
- Fraud Reporting, Welfare: 1-800-662-7030
- Fraud Reporting, Medicaid (multiple numbers)
Need to Know
- Breastfeeding Support and Promotion
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child Care-Choosing Quality
- Child Care Rules and Regulations
- Family Disaster Plan
- Safe Surrender (Of Infants 7 Days Old or Less)
Statistics and Publications