TOWN WELFARE | DANBURY TOWN OFFICE

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

Mon. & Wed., 8 am - 4 pm Tues. & Thurs., 9 am - 3 pm Fri., 8 am - 12 pm

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 welfare cannot approve or deny your request for help without verifying your income, expenses, resources, and situation.

The town can ask you to repay assistance given if your income later increases to the point where paying back the town would not cause you financial hardship. You can reapply for assistance anytime you need help. The town can not refuse to help you just because you have not repaid the past assistance. The town 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.

Danbury, New Hampshire