Hurricane Ian recovery: Orange County residents may be eligible for food assistance - Orlando Sentinel

Orange County families and individuals whose suffered losses owed to Hurricane Ian whitethorn beryllium eligible for fiscal assistance for nutrient but the model for assistance is unfastened lone 1 week.

Preregistration is required for the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, besides known arsenic D-SNAP, intended to assistance radical who suffered economical harm from the tempest blamed for astir $190 cardinal successful harm to properties successful the county.

Sign-up for applicants successful Orange County begins Monday and runs done Oct. 23.

Preregister online astatine MyFLFamilies.com/DSNAP oregon interaction the D-SNAP telephone halfway astatine 850-663-1919.

Many details were not yet finalized Friday by authorities authorities for Orange County residents.

To find the latest, sojourn MyFLFamilies.com/DSNAP.

Households who usually person Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program oregon SNAP benefits are not eligible for D-SNAP.

Those households should person received SNAP benefits earlier than accustomed to assistance them with tempest preparation.

The authorities Department of Children & Families is rolling the programme retired successful phases, having started with Gulf Coast counties deed hardest by Ian, said Lauraleigh Avery, manager of Orange County’s Division of Emergency Management.

Orange County is 1 of six counties included successful signifier two, which begins Monday.

Lake, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties are successful signifier three, for which motion up begins Oct. 24.

Preregistration is lone disposable for counties designated successful each phase.

“There’s a seven-day model for this assistance,” Avery said this week portion briefing Orange County commissioners.

After online preregistration is complete, applicants indispensable implicit a telephone interrogation by calling the D-SNAP Call Center.

Applicants whitethorn lone telephone during the designated dates and operating hours for their county.

Phone interrogation times are designated based connected the archetypal missive of the applicant’s past name.

Storm survivors successful Orange County who miss the sign-up deadline for their region whitethorn miss retired connected benefits, Avery said.

Money volition beryllium paid though an physics payment transportation card, known arsenic an EBT card, which works similar a acquisition card.

To suffice for D-SNAP, applicants indispensable person been residing oregon employed successful Orange County erstwhile the tempest deed Central Florida and incurred a disaster-related loss, including location damage; spoiled nutrient from flooding oregon powerfulness loss; oregon simplification successful wage owed to a business’ storm-related closing.

Applicants besides indispensable conscionable fiscal eligibility requirements.

Eligibility tin beryllium determined much rapidly by providing a driver’s licence oregon authorities ID and a Social Security number.

DCF besides plans to unfastened an assistance halfway successful Orange County but has not yet chosen a location.

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