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TOWN WELFARE | DANVILLE TOWN OFFICE

In New Hampshire, people with little or no income may be entitled to financial help from their town or city. New Hampshire law (RSA 165) requires each town or city to have a local welfare program to help people who are in need of financial assistance in meeting their basic living needs. The role of local town or city welfare is to relieve and maintain residents of their towns/cities whenever a person is unable to support themselves. Each New Hampshire town has a town or city welfare office, usually located within the Town or City Office. This is a separate resource from State Welfare/Dept. of Health and Human Services that provide long term assistance. Local town or city welfare programs are required to provide financial assistance for basic necessities such as food, shelter, rent, mortgage payments, heat, electricity, gas, water, necessary clothing,

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Last assured

06/04/2024

Physical Address

210 Main Street, Danville, NH 03819

Hours

By Appointment

Fax

6033823363

Fax

Voice

6033828253

Service/Intake

Application process

Go to your town or city hall/office and ask for the welfare official. Fill out their written application. In some towns, you must apply to the selectmen for assistance. Someone should always be available during normal business hours to take your application. Calling town or city welfare is not effective as you cannot fill out their application over the phone, and town or city welfare cannot approve or deny your request for help without verifying your income, expenses, resources, and situation.

Fee

The town or city can ask you to repay assistance given if your income later increases to the point where paying back the town or city would not cause you financial hardship. You can reapply for assistance anytime you need help. The town or city can not refuse to help you just because you have not repaid the past assistance. The town or city may ask for information about some of your relatives (parents, children, stepchildren or spouse. New Hampshire law permits the town to contact relatives for reimbursement of the amount of assistance provided to you, but only if the relative can afford to help provide for your support. The town or city cannot deny assistance because your relatives fail to provide information or support

Eligibility

Income Restrictions; Resident - residency is based on where you have been staying recently. Eligibility is based on actual need, so the town or city should help with necessary expenses that your income does not cover.

Agency info

DANVILLE TOWN OFFICE

Town offices for the town of Danville, NH.