Steuben County Department of Social Services

3 East Pulteney Square
Bath, NY 14810
Phone: (607) 664-2000
Fax: (607) 664-2179
Website: https://www.steubencountyny.gov/364/Social-Services

Hours of Operation: 8:30AM-4:30PM

The mission of the Department of Social Services is to improve the quality of life in Steuben County, to help people help themselves, to help those incapable of acting on their own behalf, and to insure that everyone has a minimum standard of living; to do so by means of a broad range of ameliorative, protective and preventive social and financial services.  The establishment of fair, humane, and sensible policies provides the framework for the delivery of these services by our Department.

Services Include:

• Temporary Assistance
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
• Medicaid: (855) 355-5777
• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)
• Employment Unit
• Child Protective Services: (800) 342-3720
• Preventive Services
• Foster Care/Adoption Services
• Adult Services
• Building Independence for the Long Term (BILT)
• Child Support Enforcement Unit
• Fraud & Legal Affairs Unit
• NPC (Non-Parent Caregivers)