Jefferson County DHS Office 2 Pine Bluff - Olive St
			             	Website: http://humanservices.arkansas.gov/Pages/DHSofficeDetail.aspx?show=Jefferson%202
                         	
                
                
870-534-2003
Financial Help Provided: Food Assistance, Human Services, Welfare Office, Cash Assistance, Medical Assistance
Full Description:
Office hours: Mondays through Fridays 8am - 4:30pm.
Clark County DHS Office Arkadelphia is the local county Social   Services Department that handles family support social services. These   services include a variety of financial resources. 
 Public   assistance programs at Arkansas DHS offices include: Medicaid, ARKids,   nutrition assistance, cash assistance, and child care assistance. 
 This local office manages these programs. Some people call them the   welfare department. You can apply at this office for these welfare   services or apply online.
 
Some more specific information of services provided: 
 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as   the Food Stamp Program) provides food assistance to eligible households   to cover a portion of a household's food budget.  Benefits are   distributed through an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card and must   be used to buy food products or seeds to grow vegetables. In addition  to  food assistance, the program provides SNAP recipients with nutrition   education regarding food safety, healthy foods, portion sizes, and  food  preparation.
 The Low-income Home Energy Assistance Program  helps  low-income households with home energy costs by providing  financial  assistance through the Winter Assistance Program and Crisis  Intervention  Program.  Each program provides assistance to a  household's energy  supplier or, under certain circumstances to the  applicant. The Crisis  Intervention Program provides assistance to  eligible households facing  energy-related emergencies. The Winter  Assistance program runs from  early January until the end of March or  the depletion of funds. The  Crisis Programs runs from the beginning of  April until the end of  September or until the depletion of funds. Both  program are operated by  the 16 Community Action Agencies and cover all  75 counties of the State  of Arkansas. 
 Transitional Employee  Assistance (TEA) childcare  which is available to TEA clients receiving  TEA benefits. Extended  Support Services childcare which is available  only to those TEA clients  who gain employment and their TEA case is  closed due to earnings. Low  Income Childcare which is available to  those who work 30 hours per week,  be a full time student, or work part  time and go to school part time  that averages out to 30 hours per week.
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