Jackson County Social Services
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
Jackson County Social Services provides Medicaid applications, emergency assistance, and 24/7 adult protective services for Jackson County residents.
Best for
- Jackson County residents applying for Medicaid
- Medicaid recipients needing transportation to medical appointments
- Families facing food, medicine, shelter, or utility crises
- Reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation involving vulnerable adults
- Families seeking Work First cash assistance and employment services
- Visually impaired, blind, or deaf-blind people seeking independent living services
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking services outside Jackson County, North Carolina
- People seeking private-sector services rather than public social-service programs
Specialties
- Medicaid applications
- Medicaid transportation
- Emergency energy and shelter assistance
- Work First Family Assistance
- Adult Protective Services
- Guardianship services
- Services for the blind
- Foster parent recruitment
What makes them different
- Provides an after-hours emergency phone at (828) 586-1911
- Evaluates reports of suspected adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation on a 24/7 basis
- Accepts Medicaid applications in person, by email, by telephone, or online
- Operates offices in Sylva and Cherokee
- Provides Medicaid transportation for eligible recipients without transportation to medical appointments
- Emergency
- Available
- Serves
- Sylva, Cherokee
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 15 Griffin St, Sylva, NC 28779
- Phone
- +18285865546
- Website
- http://www.jcdss.org
Services
- Public assistance programs
- Medical assistance
- Emergency assistance
- Adult protective services
- Child and family services
- Disability and independent living services
- Social services fraud investigations