• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Alexander County Department of Social Services

604 7th St. SW Taylorsville, NC 28681
828-632-1080 | Fax: 828-632-1092
Deaf/Hard of Hearing Assistance

  • Announcements
  • Benefits
    • Medicaid
    • Food & Nutrition (Food Stamps)
    • Work First
    • Child Care
    • Energy
    • How to Apply for Benefits
  • Children Services
    • Foster Care & Adoptions
    • Child Protective Services
    • How to Report Child Abuse or Neglect
  • Adult Services
    • Adult Protective Services
    • Services to Support Independent Living
    • Adult Other Services
    • How to Report Adult Abuse or Neglect
  • Other Services
    • Child Support Services
    • Program Integrity
    • DSS Administration
    • How to Report Benefit Fraud
    • Community Resources
  • Contact
Home / Food & Nutrition (Food Stamps)

Food & Nutrition (Food Stamps)

Food Nutrition Services

  • Food and Nutrition Services is a federal food assistance program that provides low-income families the food they need for a nutritionally adequate diet. Benefits are issued via electronic benefit cards (ebt).
  • The USDS funds the Food and Nutrition Services program to decrease hunger by providing children and low-income people access to food.
  • Eligibility is based on family size and income (130% and 200% federal poverty level).

Food and Nutrition Services Rights

You Have The Right To:

  • Receive an application, and have your application accepted on the same day that you go to the local Food and Nutrition Services office;
  • Turn in your application the same day you receive it;
  • Have an adult who knows your situation apply for you if you cannot get to the local Food and Nutrition Services office;
  • Get Food and Nutrition Services bencfits within 30 days after you apply if you do qualify for them;
  • Get Food and Nutrition Services benefits within 7 days if you are in immediate peed and qualify for faster service;
  • Not be discriminated against because you are elderly or because of sex, race, color, disability, religious creed, national origin, or political beliefs.
  • Have a fair hearing if you disagree with any action taken on your case.

Alexander County Department of Social Services
604 7th St. SW Taylorsville, NC 28681

Phone: 828-632-1080 | Fax: 828-632-1092

Contact Web Administrator