Social Service Program Law and Legal Definition
Social service program refers to a program administered by the federal, state, or local government using government funding designed to provide social services directed at reducing poverty, improving opportunities for low-income adults or children, self-sufficiency, rehabilitation, or other services directed toward vulnerable citizens.
The following is an example of a state law on social service program:
Social service program includes:
a. adult or child day care;
b. adult or child protective services, foster care, or adoption, including programs relating to domestic violence;
c. services for adults or children with special needs or disabilities;
d. job training and related services, and employment services;
e. transportation services;
f. food or meal preparation or delivery services relating to soup kitchens or food banks;
g. alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and treatment;
h. health support services;
i. literacy and educational services, including adult education services;
j. crime prevention services and assistance to the victims and family members of criminal offenders; and
k. services for housing assistance as provided under local, state, and federal law. [KRS § 12.500].
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