Nash Co. DSS - Financial Services

Financial Services

Work First Family Assistance - WFFA:

Financial and medical assistance to families with children deprived of parental support with monthly payment based on needs and resources. For statistical information regarding Nash County and the WorkFirst program, click here.

February 2006 Work First Employers:

Wilson Christian Daycare

Act Staffing @ Univ Leaf

Nash Rehabilitation-RMT

West Corporation

One Stop Cellular

Waffle House

Automated Tax Agency

Contact person: Deena Woodruff, (252) 459-1462

Medicaid:

Medical/health care to Work First Family Assistance children, their parents, blind, aged and disabled adults, pregnant women and unemployed parents.

Contact person:

Family and Children's Medicaid: Janet Pope, (252) 459-1274
Family & Children's Medicaid Application
Health Check (Medicaid) / NC Health Choice for Children Programs

Adult Medicaid: Linda Shearon, (252) 459-1458
Adult Medicaid Application

Medicaid Family Planning Waiver (Effective October 1, 2005)

North Carolina has received approval to implement a Medicaid Waiver Program targeting family planning services only. The Family Planning Waiver is a 5 year demonstration waiver that intends to reduce unintended pregnancies and improve the well being of children and families in North Carolina by offering family planning services.

The 1998 Pregnancy Risk Assessment monitoring System (PRAMS) data indicated that 44% of women report their pregnancy was unintended. North Carolina has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the Nation. By helping women to time and space their pregnancies, appropriate contraceptive use may help avoid adverse health, social and economic consequences associated with unintended pregnancies.

The target population for the Family Planning waiver is;

Women age 19 through 22 and Men age 19 through 60

Income at or below 185% of the federal poverty level

Medicaid eligibility for family planning services to men and women will;

A. Allow affected women and men the opportunity to choose if and when to have children

B. Provide comprehensive reproductive health care for low-income women and men who otherwise do not have

access to such services and

C. Improve the well being of children and families in North Carolina.

Number in Income Level

Needs Unit Eff. 04-01-05

1 $1,476

2 $1,978

3 $2,481

4 $2,984

5 $3,486

6 $3,989

7 $4,491

8 $4,994

For each additional member, add $ 503

Food and Nutrition Services:

Supplements the food dollars of low income families enabling clients to purchase more nutritious food.

Contact person: Josie Green: (252) 459-1426

Nash County Is a Twinkle in State's Star

North Carolina's Food and Nutrition program was a shining star at the annual U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services Awards Dinner and Ceremony in Atlanta on June 5, 2007. The State was the recipient of this top national award, the 2007 Director Cup Award, which has become known as the "Traveling Junior Stanley Cup". The Award recognizes excellence in the areas of payment accuracy, claims management, and program access. Nash County's Food and Nutrition program was recently honored by a visit from "Junior Stanley" for its contribution to the states' success. Nash County's program has consistently maintained high accuracy rates, having achieved 98.02% in 2005, 100% in 2006 and 98.98% in 2007.

Emergency Financial Assistance:

a.	Crisis Intervention Program (CIP)--pays for heating and cooling expenses when families are in a crisis.
b.	CP & L Project Share -- pays for heating and cooling expenses when families are in a crisis. Limited to CP&L customers.
c.	Emergency Assistance--short-term financial help for families with children under age 21 in crisis that is not related to heating and cooling. Used primarily for rent and utilities.
d.	County General Assistance (GA)--financial assistance when no other resources are available. Primarily used for purchase of medicine.
e.	Pauper Burials -- pays toward the cost of burial when no other resources are available.

Contact person: Sarah Hill, (252) 459-1434

Eye Care Program:

Pays the cost of eye exams, treatment, glasses, ocular prosthesis, hospitalization and surgery.
Contact person: Tim Carter, (252) 459-1454

Low Income Energy Assistance (LIEAP):

One time payment for heating expenses. Applications taken in the fall, checks are mailed to clients in February.
Contact person: Dureatta Gibson, (252) 459-1433

Program Integrity/Fraud Unit:

The Program Integrity Unit is a program support unit that devotes maximum efforts toward the prevention, detection, and recovery of overpayments in the public assistance programs.

The unit also seeks to maintain the integrity of the public assistance programs by deterring fraud through education, early detection and prosecution.

The crime of welfare fraud is committed when people:
(1) receive, or attempt to receive, welfare benefits by providing the Department of Social Services with false and inaccurate information, or (2) by withholding information needed to correctly determine eligibility for welfare benefits.
Contact person: Dureatta Gibson, (252) 459-1423