Social Services Department, Tompkins County
www.tompkinscountyny.gov/dss
Resource Details
Alternate Name DSS Tompkins County
Description
Benefits and services to sustain families and individuals and to help them achieve the highest degree of independence possible.

Programs include :
  • Medicaid
  • SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assitance Program), formerly Food Stamps
  • Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
  • temporary asssistance
  • emergency housing assistance
  • adoption
  • day care
  • child support establishment/enforcement
  • child protective services
  • family assessment response
  • foster care
  • protective services for adults
  • long term care





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Applicants denied benefits can request  fair hearings by calling the Office of Administrative Hearings, 800-342-3334.

To determine eligibility and submit an application online, go to www.mybenefits.ny.gov
Coverage Area NY - Tompkins County;

Defined coverage areas:
New York - Tompkins County
Physical Address 320 W State/ Martin Luther King Jr St
Ithaca City NY
14850 United States
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Hours of operation:
Mon: 8:00am 4:30pm
Tue: 8:00am 4:30pm
Wed: 8:00am 4:30pm
Thu: 8:00am 4:30pm
Fri: 8:00am 4:30pm
Contact Information
Mailing Address 320 W Martin Luther King Jr./State St
Ithaca NY
14850 United States
Fax Number 607-274-5666
main 607-274-5348
main 607 274 5201
Emergency Assistance 607 274 5030
Director or Senior Administrator Name Kit Kephart
Director or Senior Administrator Title Commissioner
Director or Senior Administrator Email Address kit.kephart@dfa.state.ny.us


 


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