Edgecombe County Department of Social Services

Mission

To form partnerships with Families and Communities to enhance the Family’s quality of life.
Family Focused – Community Driven

The core beliefs of the Edgecombe County Department of Social Services as excerpted from its mission statement are embodied in the following:

We believe that the family unit is the primary and preferred resource for meeting the needs of children and adults.
Emphasis is placed on maintaining children and disabled adults in their own homes through the provision of needed services to improve and strengthen family functioning. Out of home placement services are available when the care and safety of children/disabled adults can not be insured in their own homes.
Community based preventative services offer the necessary support to families and disabled adults in their quest to remain at home as long as possible.
Edgecombe County citizens will be respected and supported in their interactions with our agency.

Edgecombe County Department of Social Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or in the provision of services.