TANF - Christiansburg, Montgomery County Social Services
Provides eligible families with a monthly cash payment to meet their basic needs. For a child to be eligible he must be: * Under age eighteen, or if eighteen, will graduate from high school before age nineteen; * Going to school regularly if he is between the ages of five and eighteen; * Living with a parent or other relative; * A United States citizen or an eligible immigrant. Emphasizes personal responsibility. Participants may be provided with services such as job skills training, work experience, job readiness training, child care assistance, transportation and other work related expenses. A child will not be eligible if born to or adopted by a TANF recipient more than ten months after an applicant begins to receive TANF payments. The Division of Child Support Enforcement will send all support collected for this child directly to the family. This support will not count as income in the TANF program. Benefits are provided on an electronic debit card called an EPPICard. To report a lost or stolen card call: 1-800-961-8423. The website for services is: www.eppicard.com/vaedcclient/setupPortal.recip.
Categories
Physical Address
210 Pepper Street Southeast, Christiansburg, VA 24073
Voice
Fax
(540) 382-6945
Voice
Fax
(540) 381-6823
Application process
Walk-ins and telephone referrals. Screen for eligibility and apply online at: commonhelp.virginia.gov or call the enterprise call center.
Languages
Spanish
Service area
Montgomery, VA
Agency info
Montgomery County Social Services
Assists families and individuals in becoming socially and economically self-sufficient and independent. Benefits programs include temporary assistance for needy families, food stamps, Medicaid, energy assistance, general relief, fraud prevention, children's medical security insurance. Social work programs include adoption, adult services/adult protective services, and child protective services, day care services for children, foster care, court services; and employment services for welfare recipients.