More than 11,000 receive Disaster Food and Nutrition Services Benefits

RALEIGH

Oct 23, 2016

Slightly more than 11,000 people received Disaster Food and Nutrition Service benefits cards on Saturday, the first day the federal assistance was available to North Carolina residents affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Governor Pat McCrory announced Friday that households in an 18-county area slammed earlier this month by Hurricane Matthew could apply to receive Disaster Food and Nutrition Service benefits, after his request for the assistance was approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

This benefit is for individuals who are not current recipients of Food and Nutrition Services, or food stamp benefits. It is approved for residents of Beaufort, Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Harnett, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Pender, Robeson, Sampson, Tyrrell and Wayne counties, which were declared earlier as disasters areas eligible for federal assistance just a few days after the hurricane struck. Additional counties may be approved for this program in the coming days. State officials continue to review eligibility of additional counties and plan to submit a request for additional counties Monday to USDA.

Residents of the affected areas of these counties who are not currently receiving Food and Nutrition Services benefits may qualify for assistance for a one-month period if their home was damaged or destroyed or they have disaster related expenses or they lost income or had food loss as a result of a power outage or household flooding resulting from Hurricane Matthew. Eligibility is based on available income and resources.

Those applying for Disaster Food and Nutrition Services benefits must provide proof of identity along with proof of residency (if available). Applicants must apply in the county where they reside.

Current Food and Nutrition Services recipients, not receiving the maximum allotment of FNS benefits, will automatically receive a supplemental benefit and need not apply for the Disaster Food and Nutrition Services program.

Disaster Food and Nutrition Services: Locations, Dates and Hours
Application sites will operate for five days at the following locations. Dates and hours of operation may vary per county.

County	Location	Service Dates	Hours of Operation
Beaufort	Beaufort County DSS 632 W 5^th St. Washington, NC 27889	10/22/16 - 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Beaufort	Chocowinity Fire Dept. 512 NC Hwy 33 E Chocowinity, NC 27817	10/22/16 - 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Beaufort	Aurora Community Center Pearl St. Aurora, NC 27806	10/22/16 - 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Bladen	Bladen County DSS 208 East McKay St. Elizabethtown, NC 28337	10/22/16 - 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Bladen	Tar Heel Fire Dept. 269 Tar Heel Ferry Road Tar Heel, NC 28392	10/22/16 - 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Bladen	Bladenboro Fire Dept. 519 West Seaboard St. Bladenboro, NC 28320	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Bladen	Lower Bladen Co. (Communities Citizen Building) 153 Lightwood Knot road Kelly, NC 28448	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Bladen	Powell-Melvin Center 450 Smith Circle Dr. Elizabethtown, NC 28337	10/26/16	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Columbus	Columbus County DSS 40 Government Complex Road Whiteville, NC 28472	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cumberland	Cumberland Co. DSS 1225 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC 28301	10/22/16 - 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cumberland	St. Luke's AME Church 522 Hillsboro St. Fayetteville, NC 28301 *NOTE: For Individuals over 60 and those with mobility issues ONLY	10/22/16 - 10/24/16 & 10/26/16	Sat., Mon., Tues., Wed. 8:00 a.m. to 5;00 p.m Sun. 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m..
Dare	Manteo Office 107 Exeter St. Manteo, NC 27954	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dare	Hatteras Island-Frisco Satellite Office 50347 NC Highway 12 Frisco, NC 27936	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Duplin	Duplin County DSS 423 N. Main St. Kenansville, NC 28349	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Greene	Greene County DSS 227 Kingold Blvd. Snow Hill, NC 28580	10/22/16	9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Greene	Greene County Community Center 814 West Harper St. Snow Hill, NC 28580	10/23/16 – 10/26/16	9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Harnett	Harnett County Cooperative Extension 126 Alexander Drive Lillington, NC 27546	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Hoke	Hoke County DSS 314 S. Magnolia Street Raeford, NC 28376	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Hoke	Senior Services 423 E. Central Ave. Raeford, NC 28379 *Note for citizens 65 and over, and citizens with medical devices ONLY	10/22/16 and 10/24/16 - 10/26/16 (Sat., Mon.- Wed.)	7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Hyde	Hyde County DSS 35015 US Hwy 264 Engelhard, NC 27924	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Sat.) 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Sun. – Wed.)
Hyde	Ocracoke Community Center 999 Irvin Garrish Hwy Ocracoke NC 27960	10/25/16 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Tue.) 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Wed.)
Johnston	Johnston County DSS 714 North Street Smithfield, NC 27577	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Jones	Jones County Civic Ctr 832 NC Hwy 58 Trenton NC 28585	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Lenoir	Vernon Park Mall (old Eckerd’s) 834 Hardee Rd Kinston, NC 28054	10/22/16 (Sat.) 10/23/16 (Sun.) 10/24/16 – 10/26/16 (M-W)	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sat. 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sun 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M-W
Lenoir	Lagrange Community Bld. 410 E. Washington St. LaGrange, NC 28551	10/22/16 (Sat.) 10/23/16 (Sun.) 10/24/16 – 10/26/16 (M-W)	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sat. 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sun 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M-W
Lenoir	Pink Hill Town Hall 303 Central Ave. Pink Hill, NC 28572	10/22/16 (Sat.) 10/23/16 (Sun.) 10/24/16 – 10/26/16 (M-W)	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sat. 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Sun 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. M-W
Pender	Pender County Cooperative Ext. 801 South Walker St. Burgaw, NC 28425	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Robeson	Robeson County DSS 120 Glen Cowan Road Lumberton, NC 28360	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sampson	Sampson Co. Agri-Exposition Center Heritage Hall 414 Warsaw Road Clinton, NC 28328	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tyrrell	Tyrell County DSS (new office) 1208 US Hwy 64 E. Columbia, NC 27925	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wayne	Wayne County Agri. Center 208 W. Chestnut Goldsboro, NC 27533	10/22/16 – 10/26/16	8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.