NYS ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES HELPLINE | ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS) - WATER STREET
132 Water Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Eligibility
Adults, age 18 and up, who cannot care for themselves due to a physical or mental disability, and no one willing or able to help
Hours
#reentry ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS)
(518) 873-3500
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Main
518-873-3500
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Main
(518) 873-6321
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Emergency
(844) 697-3505
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Other - NYS Adult Protective Services Helpline
(518) 873-3441
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Application process
Referrals Required from NYS Adult Service Helpline
Fees
None/Not Applicable
Service area
Essex County, NY
Staff work with individuals that are in need of protection from actual or threatened harm due to an inability to meet their essential need for food, shelter, clothing, or medical care, secure entitlements due to them or protect themselves from physical, sexual, emotional abuse, active passive or self-neglect or financial exploitation, and have no one who will assist them responsibly.
Last assured
12/18/2023
What's Here
Providing organization
ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS)
A county agency providing health and human services to assist low income individuals and families in Essex County.