In a continued effort to address childhood hunger during the summer months, the Virginia Department of Social Services will again partner with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition ...

ACCOMAC, Va. — Officials at the Virginia Department of Social Services have warned for months: scammers are stealing SNAP benefits from Virginians. And now, the Department is taking steps to reimburse ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's top social services leader says the state is taking "cutting-edge" measures to crack down on theft of food assistance benefits, a problem that has impacted thousands of ...

As hotter weather rolls in, the Virginia Department of Social Services will provide cooling assistance to those who qualify. Through the Virginia Energy Assistance Program, the agency can help ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Applications for cooling assistance under the Virginia Department of Social Services’ Virginia Energy Assistance Program is now available for qualifying households. The Virginia ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The Virginia Department of Social Services has a new method to help Virginians impacted by fraud or theft of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The ...

RICHMOND, Va. — As its downtown headquarters is being readied for an apartment conversion, the Virginia Department of Social Services is trading the city for the suburbs. The agency later this year ...

As the summer heats up, the Virginia Department of Social Services is offering those in the Commonwealth a way to cool down. Through the Virginia Energy Assistance Program, the agency is looking to ...

(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) (Elise Amendola, Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) With temperatures starting to drop, many throughout the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Department of Social Services recently launched a program that will allow some SNAP recipients to use their EBT cards to purchase meals at participating restaurants. The ...

After 8News saw several children dropped off at Fortress of God International in Chesterfield on Tuesday, despite being ...