This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with a solicitation of proxies by each of the respective Boards of CitizensSelect Funds ("CSF"), Dreyfus Cash Management ("DCM"), Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds ("DGCMF"), Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Funds ("DICAF"ICAF"), Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds ("DIPMMF"IPMMF"), Dreyfus Institutional Reserves Funds ("DIRF"IRF"), Dreyfus Investment Grade Funds, Inc. ("DIGF"), Dreyfus Investment Portfolios ("DIP") and, Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc. ("DLA"), Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus ("DMCMP"), Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management ("DNYMCM"), Dreyfus Opportunity Funds ("DOF"), Dreyfus Premier Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund ("PSIMBF"), Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund ("SIGF"), Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management Funds ("DTECMF"), Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management ("DTACM"), Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management ("DTPCM"), Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc. ("WDMMF"), The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated ("DF"), The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. ("DSRGF") and The Dreyfus Third Century Fund, Inc. ("DTCF") (each, a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds") to be used at the Special Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of each Fund to be held on Friday, August 3, 2012December 6, 2013 at 12:00 p.m.,the time set forth on Schedule 1 to this Proxy Statement, at the offices of The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus"), 200 Park Avenue, 8th7th Floor, New York, New York 10166, and at any and all adjournments thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Special Meetings of Shareholders.

Shareholders of record at the close of business on June 5, 2012October 11, 2013 are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Meeting.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each Fund share held and fractional votes for each fractional Fund share held.  Shareholders can vote only on matters affecting the Fund(s) of which they are shareholders.  Shares represented by executed and unrevoked proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications made thereon.thereon, and if no voting instructions are given, shares will be voted "FOR" the proposal.  If anythe enclosed form of proxy card(s) is executed and returned, it nevertheless may be revoked by giving another proxy, by calling the toll-free telephone number, through the Internet or by letter directed to the relevant Fund, which must indicate the shareholder's name and account number.  To be effective, such revocation must be received before the Meeting.  In addition, any shareholder who attends the Meeting in person may vote by ballot at the Meeting, thereby canceling any proxy previously given.

An Emeritus Board member is permitted to serve as such for a maximum of 10 years from the date Emeritus status is achieved.  An Emeritus Board member:  (i) does not have voting rights with respect to matters pertaining to a Fund, and is relieved of all formal responsibilities with respect to the Fund; (ii) may attend all Board meetings, but is under no fiduciary obligation with respect to a Fund; (iii) is not subject to election by Fund shareholders; and (iv) is eligible to be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted under a Fund's governing documents, as amended from time to time.

Emeritus Board members are entitled to receive an annual retainer of one-half the amount paid as a retainer at the time the Board member achieves Emeritus status and one-half the per meeting attendance fee in effect on the date of the meeting attended by the Emeritus Board member (the "Emeritus Fee").  For a Board member whose first service on the Board of any fund in The Dreyfus Family of Funds occurs after September 30, 2008, he or she will receive 50% of the Emeritus Fee, plus an additional 10% of the Emeritus Fee for each year of service between six and ten years as a Board member.  Emeritus Board members are reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with attending Board meetings.

The function of each Fund's Audit Committee is to (i) oversee the Fund's accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the Fund's financial statements and (ii) assist in the Board's oversight of the integrity of the Fund's financial statements, the Fund's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the independent registered public accounting firm's qualifications, independence and performance.

Each Fund's Nominating Committee is responsible for selecting and nominating persons as members of the Board for election or appointment by the Board and for election by shareholders.  In evaluating potential nominees, including any nominees recommended by shareholders, the Nominating Committee takes into consideration various factors listed in the Nominating Committee Charter, including character and integrity and business and professional experience.Charter.  The Nominating Committee will consider recommendations for nominees from shareholders submitted to the Secretary of the Fund,Dreyfus Family of Funds, c/o The Dreyfus Corporation Legal Department, 200 Park Avenue, 8th7th Floor East, New York, New York 10166, which include information regarding the recommended nominee as specified in the Nominating Committee Charter.

The function of each Fund's Compensation Committee is to establish the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board.

For each Fund, the election of a Nominee requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of votes cast at the Meeting for the election of Board members of the Fund.

The 1940 Act requires that each Fund's independent registered public accounting firm (the "independent auditors") be selected by a majority of the Independent Board members of the Fund.  One of the purposes of each Fund's Audit Committee is to recommend to the Fund's Board the selection, retention or termination of the independent auditors for the Fund.  Each Fund's Audit Committee recommended, and each Fund's Board, including a majority of its Independent Board members, approved, the selection of Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") as such Fund's independent auditors for the Fund's current fiscal year.  Representatives of Ernst & Young are expected to be present at the Meeting and will have an opportunity to make a statement (if the representatives so desire) and to respond to appropriate questions.

Information regarding the audit and non-audit fees that the Funds were billed by their independent auditors for the Funds' last two fiscal years is set forth in Exhibit A to this Proxy Statement.

Dreyfus, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as each Fund's investment adviser.

MBSC Securities Corporation (the "Distributor"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus with principal offices at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as each Fund's distributor.distributor (i.e., principal underwriter).

Dreyfus Transfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus with principal offices at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as each Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.

With respect to Dreyfus-sponsored individual retirement accounts ("IRAs"), the Individual Retirement Custodial Account Agreement governing the IRAs requires The Bank of New York Mellon (the "Bank"("BNYM"), as the custodian of the IRAs, to vote Fund shares held in such IRA accountsIRAs in accordance with the IRA shareholder's instructions.  However, if no voting instructions are received, the BankBNYM may vote Fund shares held in the IRA in the same proportionsproportion as the Fund shares for which voting instructions are received from other Dreyfus IRA shareholders.  Therefore, if an IRA shareholder does not provide voting instructions prior to the Meeting, the BankBNYM will vote the IRA shares in the same proportionsproportion as it votes the shares for which properly conveyed instructions are timely received from other Dreyfus IRA shareholders.

Shares of DIP and DSRGF have been offered only to separate accounts established by insurance companies ("Participating Insurance Companies") to fund variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies (collectively referred to as the "Policies").  As the owner of all of the assets held in such separate accounts, the Participating Insurance Companies are the record owners of such Fund's shares.  However, pursuant to applicable laws, Fund shares held in a separate account which are attributable to Policies will be voted by the relevant Participating Insurance Company in accordance with instructions received from the holders of the Policies ("Policyowners").  Participating Insurance Companies have agreed to solicit instructions from Policyowners holding Fund shares in the relevant separate account as of the record date of the Meeting and to vote by proxy the shares at the Meeting according to such instructions.  To be effective, voting instructions must be received by Participating Insurance Companies prior to the close of business on August 2, 2012.December 5, 2013.  Such instructions may be revoked at any time prior to the Meeting either by written notice of revocation or another voting instructions form delivered to the relevant Participating Insurance Company.  Participating Insurance Companies will vote by proxy (i) Fund shares as to which no timely instructions are received, (ii) Fund shares owned exclusively by the relevant Participating Insurance Company or its affiliates and (iii) Fund shares held in the separate account representing charges imposed by the relevant Participating Insurance Company against the separate account in the same proportions as the voting instructions received from Policyowners.  Additional information regarding voting instruction rights is provided in the prospectus or statement of additional information for the Policies.

The cost of preparing, assembling and mailing this Proxy Statement and the attached Notice of Special Meetings of Shareholders and the accompanying proxy card(s), which is not present atexpected to total approximately $729,613, will be borne pro rata by each Fund.  In addition to the Meeting for a Fund,use of the persons named asmail, proxies may propose onebe solicited personally or more adjournmentsby telephone, and the Funds may pay persons holding Fund shares in their names or those of their nominees for their expenses in sending soliciting materials to their principals.  The Funds will retain D.F. King & Co., Inc. to assist in the Meetingsolicitation of proxies, which is expected to cost approximately $557,305, plus any out of pocket expenses, such cost to be borne pro rata by each Fund.  For Funds with an expense limitation in effect, Dreyfus may bear all or a portion of such Funds' expenses with respect to that Fund to permit further solicitation of proxies.  Any adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy.  With respect to each of the Funds, 30% of the Fund's shares entitled to vote constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business at the Meeting.

No Fund's Board is aware of any other matters which may come before the Meeting.  However, should any such matters properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote proxies in accordance with their judgment on such matters.

Under the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), shareholder proposals meeting requirements contained in those rules may, under certain conditions, be included in the Funds' proxy materials for a particular meeting of shareholders.  One of these conditions relates to the timely receipt by a Fund of any such proposal.  Since the Funds do not have regular annual meetings of shareholders, under these rules, proposals submitted for inclusion in the proxy materials for a particular meeting must be received by a Fund a reasonable time before the solicitation of proxies for the meeting is made.  The fact that a Fund receives a shareholder proposal in a timely manner does not ensure its inclusion in proxy materials since there are other requirements in the proxy rules relating to such inclusion.

Please advise the appropriate Fund, in care of Dreyfus Institutional Department, P.O. Box 9882, Providence, Rhode Island  02940-8082, whether other persons are the beneficial owners of Fund shares for which proxies are being solicited from you, and, if so, the number of copies of this Proxy Statement and other soliciting material you wish to receive in order to supply copies to the beneficial owners of shares.

As each Fund is a series fund, theThe following is a list of times at which each Fund's Meeting will be held.  With respect to those Funds that are series funds, the list also identifies each such Fund's series.

Set forth below for each Fund is information as to the number of shares of the Fund outstanding and those shareholders, if any, known by the Fund to own of record or beneficially 5% or more of a class of the Fund's outstanding voting securities (including series thereof) as of April 30, 2012.September 3, 2013.

Part I sets forth, as to each Fund, information regarding Board members' ownership of Fund shares, the number of Board and committee meetings for each Fund's last fiscal year and Board member compensation.  Part I also sets forth information regarding the independent auditors' fees as indicated.

The table below indicates the dollar range of each current Board member's (including Board members who are Nominees) and Nominee's ownership of shares of each Fund (including series thereof) and the aggregate dollar range of shares of other funds in The Dreyfus Family of Funds for which he or she is a Board member, in each case as of December 31, 2011.2012.

As of December 31, 2011,2012, none of the current Board members or Nominees or their immediate family members owned securities of Dreyfus or any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with Dreyfus.

The number of Board meetings and, where applicable, committee meetings, held by each Fund during the Fund's last fiscal year are as follows: