The Department of Social Services is seeking approval to hire dozens of additional workers to comply with a proposed settlement to a class action lawsuit alleging that delays in processing Medicaid ...

Paul Shafer, a Trumbull resident, had a seizure disorder and no job when he applied for Medicaid in July 2011. The program would have paid for the $165-a-month anti-seizure medication Shafer relied on ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) has launched a new online application for those seeking child support services in the state. The new online form-- available ...

The state Department of Social Services acknowledged Wednesday that serious computer problems – going on for two full days, so far – are jamming up new applications for public assistance. A department ...