The CAST social workers have a number of critical responsibilities regarding protecting children from identified abuse, exploitative and neglectful situations in accordance with state and federal laws. In fulfilling these responsibilities, all reasonable efforts are made to maintain children safely in their own homes, and to remove only those children...

With access points to General Relief now available at all County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA) regional centers, the Central Regional Office (CRO) will close its public-facing counters beginning Friday, October 1. Working under the Agency’s mission of providing accessible and responsive services to vulnerable populations, SSA increased the...

The County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA)’s call center will be unavailable Saturday, October 16 for system maintenance. Clients can visit http://www.mybenefitscalwin.org to apply for or check on existing Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWORKs or General Relief public assistance benefits or alternatively through one of the following options: CalFresh only through...

As of September 2021, Seneca Family of Agencies is the community partner providing the county level, in-person response to the Family Urgent Response System (FURS) hotline calls. FURS is a statewide, toll-free hotline available 24 hours for current or former foster youth (up to age 21) and their caregivers to...

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The County of Orange Social Services Agency (SSA) is pleased to announce its 2021 Human Services Request for Proposals Training for Community Partners for human services providers interested in learning more about competitive bidding through the use of the Request for Proposals (RFP) solicitation method. SSA is the largest County...