Tompkins County Department of Social Services

Human Services Building
320 West. Martin Luther King Jr. / State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-274-5680
Child Abuse Emergency Phone: (800) 342-3720
Website: http://tompkinscountyny.gov/dss

The Department of Social Services is responsible for providing benefits and services to sustain families and individuals and to assist them in achieving independence.

Services Include:

• Financial and Emergency Assistance
  • Cash & Emergency Assistance: (607) 274-5345
  • Appointments: (607) 274-5348
• Emergency Services
  • Housing Assistance: (607) 274-5644
  • Domestic Violence: (607) 277-5293
• Food Assistance (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP))
  • (607) 274-5201
• Medicaid
  • Medicaid Programs – Information – (607) 274-5244
  • New York State of Health – 1-855-355-5777 or https://nystateofhealth.ny.gov
  • Medicaid Transportation – 1-866-753-4543
  • Medicaid Managed Care – 274-5330
• Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP): (607) 274-5264
• Day Care Payment Assistance
• Transportation Resources
• Child Support Services: (888) 208-4485
• Child Protective Services: (607) 274-5610
• Foster Care Homefinding, Adoption & Post Adoption Services
  • Foster Homefinding: (607) 274-5266
  • Adoption/Post Adoption Services: (607) 274-5615 & (607) 274-5309
• Youth and Family Services: (607) 274-5270
• Adult Protective Services: (607) 274-5323
• Long Term Care Services: (607) 274-5222