Social Services

FEMA: Emergency Food and Shelter Program

This program provides assistance with rent/mortgage and utilities (electric, gas, water/sewer), based on eligibility qualifications. The Fredericksburg Department of Social Services will administer this program as funding becomes available. Applicants must have experienced a recent, drastic change in circumstances, such as loss of job, death, unemployment benefits exhausted & etc. Applicants that have received utility assistance this year are not eligible for utility assistance through this program. Applicants may apply only once a year for assistance, for each component (rent/mortgage & utilities).

Applications are located online at the Forms Center or you can stop by the front desk of the Social Services Department.
 
Required documentation: