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Adult Services Provided to impaired persons age 18 and older and to persons age 60 and older. Services are designed to allow the adults to remain in their own homes as long as possible and to enable them to function as independently as possible. Adults are the focus of the service delivery and the worker preserves and protects their right to make their own choices. Companion services are performed by an approved provider to assist the adult with shopping and meal preparation. Assessment screenings authorize nursing care services either in the home, a nursing facility or adult day care settings. Ongoing case management services are also provided. The Representative Payee Program is a helping force for the elderly and handicapped in the community. The volunteer, using the clientís own funds from social security/government income, pays the rent, utilities, assists in food purchases and personal care items for the client. The volunteer maintains the clientís checking account, and provides accurate record keeping. The account is audited monthly by an independent source in order to assure accuracy. Adult Protective Services Consists of the identification, receipt and investigation of complaints and reports of adult abuse, neglect and/or exploitation (for the risk thereof) as related to incapacitated persons age 18 or older and person age 60 and older. This service also includes the provision of social casework in an attempt to alleviate the risk of abuse, neglect or exploitation. In appropriate and available, adult protective services may include the provision of or arrangement for home-based care, transportation, sheltered employment, day care, meal services, legal proceedings, and other activities. Child Day Care Services Services are provided for income-eligible families with children who need day care and who are younger than age 13, or children as old as 18 if they are physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves. Day care services are provided while the parent or guardian is working or in training programs. Child Protective Services Services are provided for the protection of children from abuse and neglect by a caretaking figure as mandated by the laws of Virginia. This service is available on a 24-hour basis. After work hours and on weekends, please call the State Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline at 800-552-7096 or your local law enforcement agency. Employment Services Provides temporary assistance to eligible needy families and food stamp recipients with services to enable them to become employed. Foster Care The department approves foster homes for children who are unable to live with their families due to previous family problems. Foster care is a temporary substitute arrangement that provides children with a loving, stable environment until they are able to return home or to move into another permanent situation, such as adoption or independent living. Medicaid/Food Stamps Services are provided to assist eligible individuals in meeting nutritional and medical needs. Eligibility for these services is based on income and resources guidelines. Temporary Assistance For Needy Families This program provides financial assistance to needy children younger than 18 or if already 18, are expected to graduate prior to the month they turn 19. Children's Medical Security Insurance Plan This program covers uninsured low-income children, ages 0-18. The program is designed to provide comprehensive health care benefits for children of working families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to afford health insurance. Under the program coverage is offered only to those children who have not had health insurance in the Past year, unless good cause for loss of insurance is approved. Current Medicaid recipients, or those whose family members have coverage, or are eligible for health benefits under the state employment health insurance plan or the local choice plan cannot be eligible for the program. For more information on any of the above programs, call the department at 245-5800.