Our Mission
The Department of Social Services enriches the quality of life for Suffolk County citizens who find themselves in need of assistance and services by providing child support enforcement services, food stamps, temporary financial, housing, medical and home energy assistance as well as protective and preventive services for vulnerable children and adults.
Our goal is to provide clients and applicants with the ability to gain self-sufficiency, to strengthen and preserve families, encourage personal responsibility and offering other services that will ultimately foster independence.
General information and telephone numbers can be found in the Directory for Public Access to Social Services Programs (PDF). Para el directorio en español, haga clic aquí.
To apply for services, call or visit the local center serving your area. In addition, the New York State website My Benefits is a quick and easy way to find answers to questions about New York State's programs and services.
Emergency Information
In the event of specific emergencies, please call:
- Child Abuse Hotline 1 (800) 342-3720
- Abandoned Infant Information 1 (866) TLC-BABY or 1 (866) 852-2229
- Adult Protective Intake (631) 854-3195, (631) 854-3196, (631) 854-3197
- Emergency Services (After 4:30 PM & Weekends) (631) 854-9100
Or, you can always call 911 in any emergency.
Latest Updates
 SUMMER YOUTH WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM
Click here for 2012 APPLICATION PACKAGE Instructions
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| Child Care Providers |
 Suffolk County encourages Child Care providers to participate in an online interactive checklist quiz to assess what quality improvements can be made related to these goals. Providers can create action plans to incorporate into their own programs, and earn a certificate of recognition after completion of the action plan.
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Effective February 1, 2012
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We will be centralizing all active Food Stamp and Medicaid cases for SSI recipients to the Smithtown Center, located at:
200 Wireless Blvd.
Hauppauge, NY 11788
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Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
 HEAP is a federally funded program that provides heating benefits to supplement a household's annual energy cost. HEAP also provides emergency assistance for households in a heat or heat related energy emergency. Additionally, HEAP assists with furnace repairs and/or replacements for households with inoperable heating equipment. If you are in receipt of Food Stamps, you may be eligible for a HEAP benefit.
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Hurricane Irene Food Stamp Replacement
 Food Stamp recipient households that have had food destroyed as a result of a household misfortune or disaster are entitled to a replacement issuance of food stamp benefits to replace food purchased with food stamp benefits. Floods, and, power outages where power has been lost or had to be shut off for a period of four hours or more all qualify as such misfortune or disaster.
Click here for the LDSS-2291 form to request replacement of food purchased with food stamp benefits
(Available in English and Spanish)
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Daniel D. White Fund
 In 1939, Daniel D. White, a local Sayville resident, made provisions in his will for a fifty thousand dollar fund of money to assist the poor and needy in Sayville, West Sayville and Bayport.
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Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program
 The Suffolk County Department of Social Services, the Town of Islip Community Development Agency, and the Town of Babylon Community Development Department have received funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to assist individuals and families at risk of homelessness and those who are currently homeless.
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