The Department of Human Services offers a wide array of services to address the social and behavioral health needs of children, youth, adults, seniors, and families, as well as the community at large. These services include:

• Counseling and Therapy: Professional staff provide assistance to individuals and families through a process of brief, solution-focused counseling
• Crisis intervention, including critical incident debriefing services
• Problem assessment and referral to outside resources, including public and private agencies
• Community Mobilization: Assisting groups of citizens to identify unmet community needs and strategies for responding to those needs

These services are delivered through the following departmental programs:

Adult Services

• Financial Assistance: distributes limited private funds for special needs
• Fair Housing and Tenant/Landlord Complaints or Problems: consultation, information, referral and advocacy
• Tax Relief and/or Fee Reductions: applications are taken for State and local programs for persons who are elderly and/or disabled (see Elderly/Disabled Homeowners Tax Credit Program for more detailed information)

Youth Service Bureau

The Youth Service Bureau provides prevention, education, and therapeutic services to children, youth and families, including:

• Solution-focused counseling
• Youth employment
• COPE support group for children of divorce
• Parent and grandparent education and support
• Substance abuse prevention
• Homework group
• Wilderness Challenge
• Peer outreach
• Safe Homes
• School Readiness: a state funded program for child care and education for 3 - 4 year old children. Includes parent support and education.