Caring Mission Welcome to the Wilson County Department of Social Services Web Site. If you are visiting our site to learn more about the Department of Social Services you may be surprised to learn that we provide services to over 25,000 customers each year which is almost one-third of Wilson County’s citizens. Our mission is to promote safety, self determination and self sufficiency for families, children and adults through the delivery of services in a professional and caring manner. Compassionate Results We seek to accomplish this mission through the achievement of results that matter most to our county’s citizens. Those results include helping bring about children to live in safe and stable homes, families with children to become economically stable, seniors and disabled adults to live in safe and secure homes, youth that spend their last years of childhood in foster care to become successful young adults and to maximize resources to achieve quality results with the highest degree of integrity. It is through this effort that we believe we are “Leading by Results”. Committed to Wilson We are committed to serving the citizens of Wilson County. Our services to customers generate over 136 million dollars in federal and state revenue that is spread many times over within our county’s economy. For the past three fiscal years our department has maximized better than 99% of available federal and state revenue. These revenues have gone to day care centers, our local hospital, health care professionals, grocery stores, etc. to help pay for the care and well being of children, families, disabled adults and seniors. This is very important to our local government budget because for every federal and state dollar that is maximized, a local county tax dollar is saved! Our commitment to citizens reaches all populations; in fact over 98% of our services are targeted for young children, at-risk youth, disabled adults and vulnerable senior citizens. Connect with us If you are visiting this site to learn more about our programs and services I encourage you to click on the programs link to learn more about the services provided by the Department. Our news link will help you stay informed of the latest news from our department. In the near future we hope to have on-line eligibility information in addition to e-applications for your convenience. You may get in touch with our agency through email, phone or simply visiting our office to learn more details concerning the services provided by the Department. It is an honor to serve our citizens and I welcome your feedback on how we can make this site as useful as possible. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your questions and suggestions. With kindest regards, Glenn Osborne, Director Wilson County Department of Social Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or in the provision of services.