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Sun Bucks: North Carolina's Newest Food Assistance Program Will Begin Summer 2024

May 15, 2024 2:30:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in Medicaid, Primary Care, food insecurity, food, Pediatrics

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The USDA has launched a new, permanent program to provide food assistance to children and families during the summer. The SUN Bucks program will officially launch in summer 2024! SUN Bucks will provide grocery-buying benefits to qualifying families with school-aged children during the summer months when schools are on summer break. SUN Bucks is sometimes referred to as Summer EBT.

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Patient Resources: Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards can now be used online at Publix

Apr 27, 2021 2:00:00 PM / by Practice Support Team posted in NCDHHS, food insecurity, food

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North Carolina Food and Nutrition Services participants can now purchase groceries online using their Electronic Benefit Transfer cards at an additional authorized online EBT retailer,  Publix Super Markets Inc. This flexibility will allow participants to buy food while promoting social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and will help families with transportation and mobility barriers. 

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