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 ...

More than 850,000 Virginians relying on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will get part of their benefits ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Virginia Department of Social Services announced that some SNAP recipients will receive part of their regular monthly benefits.

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

Virginia’s northern, central and southeastern localities have the highest share of residents receiving Supplemental Nutrition ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Back in April, Blue Mountain Childcare was cited with seven violations from the Virginia Department of Social Services, including physical abuse of children. Within the violations, former employees ...