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Call our Case Management Information Center (CMIC).

District Offices

DSS has District Offices in Mount Vernon, Peekskill, White Plains and Yonkers. 

DSS Administrative Office

112 East Post Road, 5th Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
Hours: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon. - Fri., except holidays

Please address all legal correspondence here.

Hotlines

Service Phone Directory:

Administration

Office Contact

General Information

(914) 995-3333

Office of the Commissioner/ Constituent Affairs

(914) 995-5515

Court Record Certification

(914) 995-6027

DSS Court Subpoenas and Record Access

(914) 995-6027

FOIL

(914) 995-6027

Media Inquiries (914) 995-7459
Temporary Assistance
Office Contact

Temporary Financial Assistance

(914) 995-6055

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

(914) 995-3333

Home Energy Assistance

(914) 995-3333

Guide Dog Food Program 

(914) 995-6055

Burial Assistance

(914) 995-5640/ (914) 995-5617

Benefit Fraud Hotline

(888) 377-0009

Medical Assistance
Office Contact

New Medicaid Applications:

(914) 995-3333

- Home Care

(914) 813-6612

- Community Certification

(914) 813-6147

- Nursing Home

(914) 813-6626

Medicaid Already Under Care:

 

- Community Recertification

(914) 813-6624

- Home Care

(914) 813-6612

- Nursing Home

(914) 813-6626

Medicaid Managed Care

(800) 505-5678

Medical Transportation 

(844) 666-6270

Long-Term Care Medical Needs Assessment

(914) 995-4845

Other:

 

Medicare Premium Payments

(914) 813-6024

SSI Medicaid 

(914) 813-6023

Third Party Health Insurance

(914) 813-6024

Adoption Medicaid

(914) 995-2364

Medicaid Spenddown

(914) 813-6299

Foster Care Medicaid

(914) 995-5460

Housing Services
Office Contact

Homeless Services

(914) 995-3333

Eviction Prevention

211

Family and Children's Services
Office Contact

Adoption

(914) 995-5302

Adoption Recruitment

211

Child Abuse Hotline

(800) 342-3720

Child Protective Services

(914) 995-6028

Child Support Enforcement

(888) 208-4485

Child Welfare Inquiries

(914) 995-6028/(914) 995-9311/9306

Day Care Subsidies

(914) 995-6522

Emergency Services

(914) 995-2099

Foster Care Medicaid 

(914) 995-5460

Foster Care Recruitment

211

Foster Care Resource

(914) 995-5321

H.E.A.R.S. Family Line

(888) 554-3277

Mandated Reporter Hotline

(800) 635-1522

Preventive Services

(914) 995-9333

Residential Services

(914) 995-2232

Employment Services
Office Contact

Westchester-Putnam Career Center

White Plains Career Center

(914) 995-3910 

Mount Vernon Career Center

(914) 813-6555

Peekskill Career Center

(914) 737-3490

Yonkers Career Center

(914) 461-9077 

Unemployment Insurance Questions

(888) 209-8124

Adult Protective Services
Office Contact

Adult Protective Services Intake

(914) 995-2259

Fair Hearings
Office Contact

Fair Hearings

(914) 995-3920/3901

Request for Fair Hearing

(800) 342-3334