Social Security Administration

The Department of Social Services is governed by the government of Greene County in North Carolina, which additionally manages emergency services, health, forestry, public works, tax, transportation, human resources, library, and planning band economic development departments. The Department of Social Services administers the Food Stamp program, which helps low-income families and includes healthy nutritious meals by the use of food stamp benefits. It also conducts the Low-Income Energy Assistance program, which is a one-time cash benefit to help qualified households with heating expenses. The department additionally administers several emergency services programs that are designed to meet the essential needs of household in heating- and cooling-related crises.

Edgecombe County Department of Social Services is a community-based agency that provides social services. The agency develops and manages activity centers for youths at risk by providing several referral and comprehensive health care services, including gang and drug prevention, transportation, parent education, and computer and job training. Edgecombe County Department of Social Services also establishes and maintains local community service centers that provide multicultural services in a culturally sensitive manner and promote general welfare of the community. In addition, it provides job referrals for talented students or future graduate students from one of its programs. Edgecombe County Department of Social Services is located in Rocky Mount, N.C.