Accomack County Department of Social Services

10/31/2025

📣 Important Note - VENA currently only applies to SNAP cases that were open and not pending for any reason as of 10/29/25. This may change so please check back for updates.

Virginia acts to protect SNAP recipients. Find fast facts about VENA from Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin below. Detailed updates and FAQs can be found at www.dss.virginia.gov/VENA.

10/23/2025

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will lapse starting November 1, 2025 if the federal government shutdown is not resolved by October 28, 2025. The Virginia Department of Social Services has disbursed October SNAP benefits as scheduled and is still enrolling individuals in this and other assistance programs.

SNAP is entirely federally-funded and the Commonwealth of Virginia cannot supplement or replace these benefits during the lapse in Congressional appropriations.

We recognize the serious impact this disruption will have on Virginians who rely on this program. This incredibly challenging development could most rapidly be resolved by the U.S. Senate voting for the continuing resolution that has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

We encourage Virginians who are concerned by the interruption of this vital program to contact Virginia's Senators Mark Warner at (202) 224-2023 and Tim Kaine at (202) 224-4024.

We will continue to share updates as information becomes available and remain committed to supporting Virginians.

09/16/2025

Late registration is available up to and including the day of the event. In-person registration and payment will be accepted on-site. If possible, please call ahead to confirm your attendance.

01/29/2025

We have been notified of some possible changes with Federal programs and grants. We are actively reviewing information via the news and other sources. As of this time, we believe that benefits directly provided to individuals such as Medicaid or SNAP may not be paused or interrupted. This is an evolving situation and hopefully we will app have additional information from the Federal Government in the up-coming days.

05/20/2024

Effective immediately anyone needing to pick up forms or speak in person with a benefits worker must have an appointment. If you do not have an appointment there will be no guarantee you will be seen on that day.

09/20/2023

NOW HIRING.

03/02/2023

We will be closed to the public today 03/02 and tomorrow 03/03. We will reopen Monday 03/06.

02/16/2023

We will be closed to the public tomorrow, February 17th for staff training.

12/14/2022

https://www.dss.virginia.gov/benefit/ebt_scam.cgi

10/03/2022

Accomack County will be opening a storm shelter at Arcadia High School at 8am tomorrow, October 3rd. The address is: 8210 Lankford Highway, Oak Hall, VA 23416.

Stay safe!

10/02/2022

Emergency Shelters will be opening tomorrow at Arcadia High School at 8AM. Please bring everything you will need to be self sufficent for three days such as food, medicine, etc.

Social Services will be open as usual 8:30AM to 4:30PM

The Accomack County Department of Emergency Services and the Town of Chincoteague have declared a state of emergency in anticipation of  flooding expected on Monday. Accomack County and the Town of Chincoteague have declared a local State of Emergency ahead of the second half ofthe current Coastal ...

08/16/2022

Come join us! We currently have multiple positions available. Apply by using the link below.

Bilingual- English/Spanish preferred but not required.

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