Human Services Closes Division of Family Assistance/SNAP Temporarily Today

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Human Services VIDHS, Division of Family Assistance is advising the community that the DFA SNAP Certification Units in the STT/STJ Districts will be temporarily closed on Friday, January 20th at select times to accommodate routine staff meetings. On January 17th, from10:30am-12:30pm, the STT/STJ SNAP Certification Unit closed.

Following this first meeting, the STT/STJ Issuance, TANF/JOBS, QC and Performance Reporting office will be closed from 1:30pm-3:00 p.m. for the same training purposes. These meetings serve as an opportunity to review any new routine daily/monthly activities, challenges that may be impacting productivity/service delivery and improvements that can be made to resolve the challenges.

Human Services said it “apologizes for any inconvenience.”

Please visit the Department of Human Services website, www.dhs.gov.vi for more information.

The Department of Human Services (VIDHS) exists to provide social services to members in our community with diverse needs. In times of national uncertainty and hardship we act as a safety-net and exist to inspire hope and empower change through non-judgmental, quality delivery of needed services and resources.

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.