New Hanover County Department of Social Services exists to alleviate emotional and economic distress among the people of the county. Providing a variety of basic and essential services, the New Hanover County Department of Social Services seeks to assist and protect our most vulnerable citizens — the poor, the children, the aged, the disabled, and the sick — and to enhance and maintain the quality of life in our community.
It is the goal of the New Hanover County Department of Social Services to create and sustain a public agency which is: