Montgomery County Department of Social Services-VA

📢 Don’t forget to stop by our Career & Resource Fair TODAY! 📢

We can’t wait to see you here!!

Please join us for our career and resource fair held on site July 18th from 10 am to 2 pm.

Contact us today to learn more about the SNAP E&T program!

https://www.belmontchristian.org/vbs-2024?

Are you looking for a VBS for your kids this summer? Check out this link. Preschool through end of 5th grade. They would love to have your kids for this fun free event. You don’t not have to attend the church to have a safe and fun event for your kids.

Belmont Christian Church | VBS 2024 Scuba Vbs - We'll Take Kids Deep Into An Amazing Undersea Adventure Where They’ll Experience The Ever Flowing, Never Ending Love Of God. At Scuba Vbs, Kids

Please mark your calendar. Spread the word.

If you need food this summer, Please reach out.

As the school year comes to a close we understand that families may be dealing with lack of food. If you live in Montgomery County, have a child under 18, qualify for free meals at school or are home schooling your child and receive SNAP. There is a locations for free pickups for 12 weeks.

Starting May 23 at Belview Church 3619 Onyx Dr. (Near Belview School). Between 5-6. Ending August 15th

Also MCEAP 400 W main st Christiansburg. Starting Friday May 24 3-4:30. Ending August 16.

Please call any of the numbers below to register. 540-392-0001, 540-674-4202, or 540-449-2415.

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Family Reunification Event 2024

If you would like to set up a table or attend, please see flyer for details.

As the school year comes to a close we understand that families may be dealing with lack of food. If you live in Montgomery County, have a child under 18, qualify for free meals at school or are home schooling your child and receive SNAP. There is a locations for free pickups for 12 weeks.

Starting May 23 at Belview Church 3619 Onyx Dr. (Near Belview School). Between 5-6. Ending August 15th

Also MCEAP 400 W main st Christiansburg. Starting Friday May 24 3-4:30. Ending August 16.

Please call any of the numbers below to register. 540-392-0001, 540-674-4202, or 540-449-2415.

https://youtu.be/NAw17iAc-Nw?si=rK0hsD9a91Aa01uV

We were so excited to receive this information on the effect of exposure to drugs that we deal with in our community. It is really eye opening what this exposure can do to children and their brains.

Understanding Drug Exposure in Kids & Teens Dr. Mary Jo Hedrick, Ph.D., Developmental Psychologist, presented this training on May 14, 2024 at Belmont Christian Church in Christiansburg, VA.

Children in foster care don't want to be known just as "foster kids." They just want to be treated as the children they are. This is where normalcy comes into play. Put simply, normalcy allows children and youth to live regular lives like their peers who are not in foster care. Youth can play sports, go to friends' houses, have jobs, etc. Children in foster care should be able to grow up as normally as possible. Learn more: Learn more:https://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/dfs/fc/normalcy_guidance.pdf

A great resource for anyone who has kids 0-5. Free book in the mail monthly.

A number of our staff are attending a training this morning in Christiansburg. The focus is on drug exposure in kids and teens. Hosted by the Montgomery County Department of Social Services-VA, the training is being presented by Dr. Mary Jo Oliver-Hedrick. A video recording of this training will soon be available on the NRVCS YouTube channel. (Photo - M. Wade/NRVCS)

New jobs expected as packing machinery manufacturer expands in Montgomery County The project will create 27 jobs.

Update to Family Fun Day tomorrow! We’ve moved the fun inside to avoid any rain. See you all at 3:30 PM in the Christiansburg Middle School cafeteria!

FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL UPDATE!! Due to the forecasted rain for Thursday afternoon, the Family Fun Festival will move to the Christiansburg Middle School Cafeteria from 3:30-6:30. We hope you can join for a free, fun, afternoon!

NRVCS is proud to announce the launch of Community Transit Go on Monday, April 8 to serve the New River Valley. This is a public on-demand transit service for the elderly and disabled powered by Blaise Transit (scan the QR code to download). For details, please visit our website https://www.nrvcs.org/ctgo/ or call us at 540-831-4020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mgq6FBhJOk

How This Unique Partnership is Helping Children in Foster Care It’s a challenge to find enough homes for the kids that need them in the communities in which they live. In this video, the Solutionaries team looks into a u...

It's been a busy December for MCDSS Foster Care from shopping, wrapping, and delivering gifts to helping pass out cookies with Santa the last two days.

Our foster care unit received donations for Santa's Village, which provided 17 children with Christmas. MCDSS recieved donations from Rorrer Well Drilling, Fenton Pump Service, Dirt Movers Excavating, Jones and Son Excavating, David Stephens Plumbing, Foresight Design Services, Brooks Title and Escrow, Lantern Ridge Apartments, Shelor Motor Mile - Toyota, Managed Growth Inc., Sarah Tilson-Miano - State Farm Insurance, The Branded Blonde, and a few individuals. We can't express how thankful we are for the community coming together and making this possible for our kiddos! YOU ALL ARE ROCKSTARS!!

MCDSS also received cookie donations for a community Cookies with Santa event that was held at the following locations, Meadowbrook Library of Shawsville, Bluff Apartments of Christiansburg, Lantern Ridge Apartments of Blacksburg, and Warm Hearth Village. All of which were wonderful hosts and went above and beyond. There were over 500 cookies donated between Food Lion - Roanoke Street, Food Lion - North Franklin, Kroger - North Franklin, Walmart - North Franklin, Kroger - South Main, and Kroger - UCB. Again, we can't thank these partners enough either. The joy that Santa and the cookies bought to all of these locations was incredible. We were able to share lots of love and laughs over the last two days with our community as well as each other.

Again, thank you to each and every community partner and individual who helped put both of these special events on with us. We look forward to the many more holidays to come. 🎅🎄🎁❄️

Due to icy road conditions, Montgomery County offices are opening at 10 a.m. today. For an updated list of closings and delays, visit https://montva.com/departments/mc-news/2023/12/19/weather-related-delayed-openings-december-19

Come check out our new bulletin board in our lobby. Lots of great information!

All you need to do is drive up and receive a box. No paperwork or questions.

We are so excited to partner with CarePortal and KARE Society in order to serve children, youth, and families.

https://montcova.com/2023/11/20/villas-at-peppers-ferry-residents-support-thanksgiving-meals-for-people-in-need/

Villas at Peppers Ferry residents support Thanksgiving meals for people in need Suzie and Lester Karlin present gift cards totaling $1975.00 to Amy Webb with the Montgomery County Department of Social Services from the residents at The Villas at Peppers Ferry in Christiansburg. The gift cards enable the Montgomery County Dept. of Social Services to provide 25 to 30 families wit...

We are so proud of all of our workers. Always trying to help and serve people in need

Montgomery Co. social workers filling in for another county Keeping social workers is a challenge across Virginia. There’s a lot of turnover at many department of social services offices.

In Virginia, there are over 1,500 children in foster care and more than 700 who have the goal of adoption. Have you wondered what the process of adopting a child is like? The first step to giving a child a permanent, loving home is to fill out an application declaring your desire to adopt a child. For all types of adoption, a home study is then required to help prepare the individual or family for parenting by adoption. Call 1-800-DO-ADOPT or visit AdoptVA.com to get started.

With our offices closed on Friday in observance of Veterans Day, please remember that Monday, November 13 will be the last day to apply for fuel assistance!

Fuel assistance includes home heating costs as well as furnace re-starts, late charges, delivery charges, installation charges, and connection or re-connection fees. Don't miss your chance to offset heating costs as the fickle Virginia weather gets colder. Find your application options and learn more at https://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/ea/index.cgi.