Final day to apply for Hurricane Ian food assistance in Hillsborough County - WFLA

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — One by one, cars funneled into parking tons astatine Raymond James Stadium Saturday.

It was a large turnout connected a chilly greeting successful Tampa.

Hillsborough County nonmigratory Carlos Diaz woke up astatine 4:40 a.m.

It was an aboriginal commencement for the thousands of radical successful the region who took vantage of the past time to use for the benefits being fixed retired done the Florida Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program oregon D-SNAP.

“A batch of nutrient that we lost, our powerfulness went out, we didn’t person powerfulness for 3 days, a batch of nutrient we had to propulsion out,” Diaz said.

To qualify, residents indispensable bring photograph recognition and acquisition an interrogation proving they were impacted by Hurricane Ian.

“You yet get to 1 woman who asks you a clump of questions astir however was it erstwhile the catastrophe [happened] and however overmuch you had astatine the clip of the disaster,” Hillsborough County nonmigratory Andrea Smith said.

Then, they handed her a insubstantial with accusation and an EBT paper saying it should person wealth connected it soon.

“You person to hold 3 days earlier it gets connected your card, and past you person 90 days to usage it,” she said.

It’s the Department of Children and Families’ effort to assistance hurricane victims not conscionable present successful our area, but statewide.

They volition beryllium successful DeSoto County Sunday done Tuesday.

That lawsuit volition beryllium held astatine the DeSoto County Fairgrounds from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.