USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for North Carolina Disaster Areas
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Households that may not normally be eligible under regular SNAP rules may qualify for D-SNAP if they meet the disaster income limits and have qualifying disaster-related expenses.
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D-SNAP eligible households in the affected areas will receive one month of benefits, equivalent to the maximum amount normally issued to a SNAP household of their size, to meet their food needs as they settle back home following the disaster. To be eligible for D-SNAP under this expansion, a household must be in one of the three affected counties. (D-SNAP had previously been approved in 31 other
D-SNAP timing varies with the circumstances of each disaster, but always begins after commercial channels of food distribution have been restored and families are able to purchase food to prepare at home. Before operating D-SNAP in an approved county, the state must ensure that conditions related to safety and readiness are in place. For example, power must be restored, roads must be passable, and a sufficient amount of stores must be open and available to redeem D-SNAP benefits. Affected households should look for public information notices from the state regarding the location of application sites and dates of application in each county.
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