Social Services
Child Care Services
Child Care services can help pay for care for children while
parents/guardians are
working, in an approved training or education program, or participating in
a JOBS activity. Childcare may be used for children birth to thirteen
years or up to eighteen if there is a serious medical or psychological problem. The
cost to the parent/guardian for this program is based on income and
family size. Children may attend any licensed child care center
or Type B child care home provider. Friends or relatives may be eligible
to be certified as the child care provider in some circumstances.
Type B Certifications
Type B certifications are completed by our staff. We certify
individuals and their homes as meeting certain criteria to enable them to
provide child care services. Home provider's certificates are renewed
annually. Some of the criteria include a working telephone, criminal record
check , and a limit of six children in the home at any one time. In some
cases, we can provide items to help meet the criteria such as port-a cribs, fire
extinguishers, etc.
Information and Referral Services
We can refer you to services available in the community and/or provide
information to you on the services that are available. We can also provide
information on services that can help with serious emergencies.
Information ranging from where to donate good used clothing to getting help installing a wheelchair ramp or an emergency supply of food is
available.
Enhanced Medicaid Transportation
This service provides transportation to Medicaid recipients for
doctors/dentist appointments, hospital treatments, clinics, pharmacies, etc.
To be covered, the service must be covered under Medicaid. The family will
be responsible for three to six local roundtrips per month. If the household
does not have access to a vehicle, reimbursement can be arranged to pay mileage
to a friend or relative who drives the recipient to appointments. We can
also arrange for a transportation service to take the recipient to the medical
appointment, including appointments outside of Hancock County.
Healthcheck
This program serves children under the age of 21. The program is
designed to help parents make sure their children get proper medical treatment.
Participants in the program receive: 1. Referrals
to doctors, dentists, vision care, and hearing specialists; 2. Reminder letters
when it is time for regular
periodic checkups; 3. Assistance in scheduling appointments with doctors,
dentists and specialists. 4. Help finding sources of transportation to get your children
to medical appointments. Ask your Medicaid case manager how to sign up for
this valuable program.
At-Risk Pregnancy Services
These services aid pregnant Medicaid recipients in securing proper pre-natal
care. This can include referrals to obstetricians, special treatment
services, and transportation services for medical appointments.
Homemaker Services
Homemaker Services offer up to six hours per month of housecleaning
assistance for people over the age of sixty. There is an income limit for
this service and recipients must have significant functional limitations
in order to receive assistance.
Adult Protective Services
Adult Protective Services investigates reports of abuse, neglect, or
financial exploitation of senior citizens aged sixty years or older. A
case manager will work with the elderly person in his/her home to try and solve
the problem. The case manager may also arrange other services from Job and
Family Services or other community organizations as needed. In certain cases,
the case manager can petition the for court-ordered intervention.
Hancock County Job and Family Services
