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Social
Services
WHAT
WE DO:
Douglas County Social Services is responsible for assuring the well-being
of Douglas County residents by providing the following services:
foster care, protection services, adoption counseling, family-based services,
licensing, chemical dependency, mental health, mental retardation related
conditions, child care funding, mental health community support, child
support, paternity establishment, representative payee, medical assistance,
food stamps, Minnesota Care, emergency assistance, cash assistance (MFIP,
GA, MA, and GRH), fraud prevention.
Our office hours are
Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Voucher forms are provided on-line to request and/or authorize payment
through the Social Services agency. Click the link below to go to
the Voucher Forms page.
Voucher
Forms
There are a number
of other commonly-used forms available on-line. Please choose one of the
links below to go to the specific category.
Adult
Foster Care Forms
Day
Care Forms and Listings
Financial
Assistance Forms
The following document serves as the
Douglas County Social Services plan to meet the legal obligation of language
access requirements in compliance of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964; 7CFR, 273 et. Seq; and 42 CFR 435 et seq. Click the link below
to view the full document.
Limited
English Proficiency Plan
The Minnesota Family Investment Plan (MFIP) Consolidated Fund Act and
the Children and Community Services (CSSA) Consolidated Fund (Minnesota
Statutes 2561.626 and 256M, respectively) requires counties to submit
a biennial service agreement to the Minnesota Department of Human Services
(DHS) to recieve these public funds. Click the link below to
view this document.
2010-11 County
MFIP/CCSA Biennial Service Agreement
The following document is the Douglas County Social Services
Policy for Parental Fees for Out-of-Home Placement. It also contains
worksheets for parental fee calculations for fiscal year 2008 (July 1,
2008 - June 30, 2009). Click the link below to view this document.
Policy for Parental
Fees for Out-of-Home Placement
WHERE
WE ARE LOCATED:
Our office is located at 809 Elm St in Alexandria. We are at the
south end of the Douglas County Services Center near the pool. There
is parking available south of the building and the main entrance to our
office is off of Elm St. The receptionist is to the left as you
enter the main lobby of the office.
LINKS:
Minnesota Department of Human Services
www.dhs.state.mn.us
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