MEDIA ADVISORY

Social Services Board Meeting

Durham, N.C. – The Durham County Board of Social Services will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at 9:00 a.m.  The Board will meet at the Durham County Department of Social Services Building, located at 220 East Main Street in conference room 609 Right.  The Board will adjourn to Closed Session to consider the qualifications, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee, pursuant to G.S. § 143-318.11(a)(6).

For more information about the upcoming Board of Social Services meeting, contact Montrella Springfield at mspringfield@dss.co.durham.nc.us or call (919) 560-8039.

About the Department of Social Services

The mission of the Durham County Department of Social Services is to partner with families and the community in achieving well being through prosperity, permanence, safety and support. Our vision is a community where families achieve well being.  The Department provides economic services programs including Work First, Medicaid, Child Support, Child Day Care Subsidy and Food Stamps as well as social work services, including Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Adoption, Adult Protective Services, Group Care and Crisis Assistance.  To learn more about the services and programs offered by the Department, visit the County’s website at: www.durhamcountync.gov/departments/dssv