To receive assistance through the Emergency Assistance program, a family must meet established criteria:

• Have a child in your home under the age of 18
• You or your children must be a U.S. Citizen or qualified alien.
• Have a certain degree of kinship to the child, or have legal custody or guardianship of a child.
• Be income and reserve eligible. For questions about eligibility, please call and ask to speak with an Emergency Assistance Worker at 919-542-2759.

• Proof of your family's total household income
• The actual bill you are requesting assistance for
• Receipts showing proof of unexpected expenses

Please call the Chatham County Department of Social Services at 919-542-2759 and ask to speak with the Work First coordinator for the agency or email ask.dss@chathamcountync.gov for more information. 

To submit supporting documents for cases, upload documents using the Secure Document Submission Form: https://gisservices.chathamcountync.gov/dssdocuments