Erie County Department of Social Services

Protect your benefits!!

Our ECDSS offices will be closed today, 1/20/2025. We will reopen tomorrow, Tuesday 1/21/2025 for our normal business hours.

🌡️ Need a hand with your home heating costs? HEAP can help. Be warm this winter! More information at: erie.gov/heap Cc: @ECSocServices, @ECSeniorSvcs

@ECDOH @211WNY @ECSocServices @WNYCftH Details at: mailchi.mp/e8e2223d5c1f/c… TODAY (Jan. 15, 2025): • Daytime Warming OPEN at 586 Genesee St, Buffalo, 14204 TONIGHT: • Code Blue in Erie County & City of Buffalo • Restoration Society, 586 Genesee St.

❄️ "Code Blue" is Buffalo & Erie County's plan for #homeless shelter during dangerous #cold. If you know someone needing refuge, direct them to a shelter or call 211. Details: wnycoalitionforthehomeless.org/codebluebuffal… More resources: erie.gov/winter @ECDOH @211WNY @ECSocServices @WNYCftH

ECDSS offices will be closed on Thursday, January 9, 2025, as part of a National Day of Mourning to honor the life and legacy of President Carter. If you have a Fair Hearing scheduled tomorrow, 1/9/25, that will continue as scheduled.

ECDSS is seeking proposals from qualified applicants interested in providing summer Primetime Programming. Sealed bids shall be submitted by 2/5/2025. For more information: www3.erie.gov/purchasing/req…

📣Happening today! ECDSS is hosting a job fair on January 3rd, 12pm - 3pm. We are hiring for various positions. See the flyer for more info and visit our website: www3.erie.gov/socialservices…

One week away! ECDSS is hosting a job fair on January 3rd. We are hiring for various positions. See the flyer for more info and visit our website: www3.erie.gov/socialservices…

(Via @ECDOH: Some of the coldest air of this winter season is on its way this weekend, per the National Weather Service. If you have to go outside, dress in layers and cover all exposed skin to reduce your risk of frostbite and hypothermia.

Code Blue tonight 12/19/24 in Erie County and the City of Buffalo. Daytime Warming Open - mailchi.mp/ce6d1e1a003b/c…

Reminder: The deadline to complete the NYS Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council’s Public Benefits Survey is December 31. If you receive or applied for SNAP, Public Assistance, or SSI in New York, please give your anonymous feedback. forms.office.com/g/iXXyiDETtG

@ECSocServices is hiring a Work for Relief Supervisor. The deadline to apply is Thursday, December 26. Learn more about the position and how to apply here: www3.erie.gov/employment/pos…

📌Attention Job Seekers: ECDSS is hosting a job fair on January 3rd. We are hiring for various positions. See the flyer for more info and visit our website: www3.erie.gov/socialservices…

If your furnace, boiler, or other direct heating equipment is not working properly, the Home Energy Assistance Program can help you repair or replace it. For more information: #repair-benefit" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/…

While it's still light out today, take a look at your furnace and dryer vents and clear them if needed. Even if you do not live in an area that received significant accumulation, you should still check your vents to be sure they haven't been blocked by blowing snow or ice.

Code Blue tonight 12/13/24 in Erie County and the City of Buffalo. Daytime Warming Open - mailchi.mp/e32ed82b5ba4/c…

Attention Job Seekers: ECDSS is hosting a job fair on January 3rd. We are hiring for various positions. See the flyer for more info and visit our website: www3.erie.gov/socialservices…

Applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program opened Nov. 1. Eligible households can receive up to $996 to help heat their homes this winter, with additional funding available to help clean, repair, or replace primary heating equipment. otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/

Code Blue tonight 12/04/24 in Erie County and the City of Buffalo. - mailchi.mp/f5f296fb7c19/c…

We are excited to reopen the Isaías González-Soto Branch Library in the City of Buffalo (280 Porter Avenue) on Monday, December 9! Keep your eyes peeled for more (artsy!) news on the reopening to come.