Because NC Adult Protective Services is administered separately by each county's Department of Social Services, families should contact Durham County DSS directly for its specific Adult Services intake number rather than relying on Wake County's number, which only covers Wake County residents. If the situation involves immediate danger, call 911.
What to do next
This entry intentionally does not publish a specific Durham County DSS Adult Services phone number because it has not been independently verified as part of this research -- and getting a county APS number wrong could send a family calling about a genuine safety concern to the wrong office, delaying help. Rather than guess or reuse a number from a neighboring county, families should look up Durham County Department of Social Services' current Adult Services contact directly through the Durham County government website or by calling the county's general DSS main line and asking to be connected to Adult Protective Services. The same caution applies to Orange, Johnston, Chatham, Franklin, and Harnett counties -- each maintains its own separate intake line, and using a Wake County number for a Durham County concern will not route to the correct investigators. For situations involving immediate danger, 911 remains the fastest path to help regardless of which county DSS ultimately handles the underlying APS investigation.
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