For Release: Immediate Date: April 29, 2011
Contact: Brad Deen, (919) 733-9190
Disaster food assistance available in 18 counties impacted by tornadoes
RALEIGH — Starting today, food assistance is available to victims in counties hardest hit by the April 16 tornadoes.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, to provide temporary food assistance to individuals in 18 counties whose homes were damaged or destroyed, or who have disaster-related expenses from loss of income or loss of food due to power outages.
“Our staff has been working diligently with local departments of social services in the affected counties to ensure that those who suffered from these devastating storms are able to apply for assistance,” said DHHS Secretary Lanier Cansler. “Hopefully, eligible families will have the burden of recovery eased by getting this help.”
The Food and Nutrition Services program (formerly known as Food Stamps) is open to individuals not normally eligible for benefits in the following counties: Bertie, Bladen, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Onslow, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Wake and Wilson.
Residents of the affected areas of these counties who are not currently receiving food assistance benefits may qualify for a one-month period. Eligibility is based on available income and resources.
Food and Nutrition Services recipients who live in one of the affected counties and who suffered a food loss, damage to their home or self-employment property or loss of wages as a result of the April 16 storms must contact their county in person no later than May 6, 2011, for replacement of benefits unless they have already done so.
Those applying for assistance benefits will be asked to provide proof of identity along with proof of residency, such as a utility bill, and the Social Security numbers and dates of birth for all members of their household. Applicants should apply in the county where they reside.
Application sites will operate for five days at the following county locations:
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Bertie County
Location Service Dates Hours of Operation
Bertie County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
110 Jasper Bazemore Ave.
Windsor, NC 27983
Bladen County
Spaulding-Monroe Alumni Asso. 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
508 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Bladenboro, NC 28320
Ammon Comm. Building
13129 Hwy 242 North
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
Powell-Melvin Center
450 Smith Circle Dr.
Elizabethtown, NC 28337
Craven County
Craven County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2818 Neuse Blvd.
New Bern, NC 28561
Cumberland County
Cumberland County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
1225 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Currituck County
Currituck County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2793 Caratoke Highway
Currituck, NC 27929
Greene County
Greene County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
227 Kingold Blvd.
Snow Hill, NC 28580
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Halifax County
Location Service Dates Hours of Operation
Halifax County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
4421 Highway 301
Halifax, NC 27839
Harnett County
Harnett County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
311 Cornelius Harnett Blvd
Lillington, NC 27546
Old Godwin Feed Store
17365 U.S. Highway 421 South
Dune, NC 28334
Hertford County
NC Coop Extension Office 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
301 Tryon Street
Winton, NC 27986
Hoke County
Hoke County DSS 4/29/11 – 4/30/11 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
316 S. Magnolia Street
Raeford, NC 28376 5/1/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Johnston County
Johnston County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
714 North Street
Smithfield, NC 27577
Lee County
Lee County DSS 4/29/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
530 Carthage Street 5/2/11
Sanford, NC 27330 5/3/11
McSwain Agriculture Center 4/30/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2420 Tramway Road 5/1/11
Sanford, NC 27332
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Onslow County
Location Service Dates Hours of Operation
Onslow County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Emergency Assistance Building
New River Shopping Center
1249 C Hargett Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Pitt County
Farmville Community Center 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
3886 S. Main Street
Farmville, NC 27828
Robeson County
Robeson County DSS 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:15 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
120 Glen Cowan Road
Lumberton, NC 28360
Sampson County
Sampson Co. Dept. of Aging 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
405 County Complex Road
Clinton, NC 28328
Wake County
Chavis Community Center 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
505 Martin Luther King Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Wilson County
Old Hubert Vester Building 4/29/11 – 5/3/11 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
900 US 301 N.
Wilson, NC 27893
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