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September Food Assistance Benefits Released Early For All Florida Counties
August 31, 2019
Food assistance recipients in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Florida’s other 65 counties will receive their benefits now due to Hurricane Dorian.
To assist families as they prepare for Hurricane Dorian, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) has been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to release September food assistance benefits to all Florida counties which were included in Governor Ron DeSantis’ state of emergency order
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) customers who were scheduled to receive their benefits between September 1 and September 14 will now be able to access benefits through their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards immediately. This is an early release of regular benefits, not a distribution of additional funds.
“I applaud Governor DeSantis and President Trump for their swift action in response to the needs of Florida’s vulnerable children and families preparing for this major hurricane,” said DCF Secretary Chad Poppell. “The early release of benefits will allow families to purchase much-needed food prior to Hurricane Dorian’s landfall.”
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10 Responses to “September Food Assistance Benefits Released Early For All Florida Counties”
Just because you get them before your scheduled date doesn’t me you have to spend them
This storm isn’t even close to this area…getting them early just means you have to stretch it longer till the next payout…Getting it early doesn’t mean getting extra or more…
gee moo netty some of you amaze me. If you got your ebt after the 14th IS HAS BEEN ALL OF 2 WEEKS….versus all the folks who got theres almost 4 weeks ago….THINK PEOPLE THINK!!!!!
Really a shame how they can choose who gets them early and who doesn’t pretty sure the Govener of FL signed the document stating to release to all 65 counties in FL but I don’t see anywhere on there that says I am allowing only certain ones to get them early…what a crock of ####!!!
What about the ebt recipients that get their stamps after the 14th we need extra supplies that we wouldn’t normally need to buy …
Your friend must have some sort of income if all she gets is $36/month. I’m sure she knows by now how to budget with that.
If you get your allotment , after the 14th ,then you are on your own , must pay some other way
Which is a shame because other families need preparation supplies too, as my neighbor only receives 36.00 a month
@bewildered well I expect that to be the households problem and I’m very sure that’s what the food banks are there for and I’m sure it’s not taking food out of your refrigerator and if you worried about your tax money relocate to another country!
By 9/15 everything will be back to normal for distribution. (Except for the food banks who have to feed folks who splurged and depleted their food allowance early. Not everyone can budget – be it cash money or an allotted amount for food.
What if you get them after the 14