Service Name: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES - BENEFITS AND SERVICES
Organization Name: CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Location
Location Name: CDSS - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
- Accessibility: Potential limitations to access - call for details.
- Physical Address: 744 P Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814
- Mailing Address:
- Description: Supervises the administration of financial aid (Cash assistance) and CalFresh (formerly known as food stamps) benefits for eligible low-income California families. Handles inquiries, complaints, and state hearing requests for public assistance programs.Also responsible for State supervision of: Child Services Adult Services Foster Parents, Youth, and Families Adoption Services Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Trafficking and Disaster Victim Assistance HousingCDSS Information Resources Guide
- Website: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/benefits-services
- Email: piar@dss.ca.gov
- Phone(s): (800) 952-8349, (916) 651-8848, (800) 743-8525
- Hours: Office: Monday through Friday 8 am - 5 pm
- Eligibility: Benefits Services: Open to California residents.Hearing Requests: If a client has applied for, has received, or is currently receiving benefits/services from an assistance program listed above and they receive a Notice of Action from a County or a letter from Covered California denying or reducing their benefits, or they turned in an application or other information and the county or Covered California did not act on it, they can ask for a State Hearing.
- Requirements: Varies by benefit program. Call for details.
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Areas Served:
- United States
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Categories:
- General Relief Appeals/Complaints
- Refugee/Entrant Cash Assistance Appeals/Complaints
- In Home Supportive Services Appeals/Complaints
- TANF Appeals/Complaints
- State Government Complaints/Ombudsman Offices
- State Government Agencies/Departments
- State Government Information Services
- Food Stamps/SNAP Appeals/Complaints