The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has begun issuing $413 million in food assistance payments to an estimated 1.1 million eligible children through the Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer food assistance program. Children who are eligible for the summer receive a one-time payment of $375 on their family’s P-EBT card.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health and Graham, Macon and Swain County Health Departments are asking anyone in these three counties who sees odd or sick-acting raccoons, skunks or foxes to call their local animal control or health department for collection and rabies testing. The testing is part of a larger effort to support the Oral Rabies Vaccination zone.
Thousands of North Carolina parents with school-age children will soon begin receiving additional assistance to purchase food through the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer Program, or P-EBT, which has been renewed for the 2020-21 school year.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is investing $144 thousand to rural residents gain access to education and health care in rural North Carolina.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an extension of eviction and foreclosure moratoriums on USDA Single Family Housing Direct and Guaranteed loans through June 30, 2021. The actions announced today will bring relief to residents in rural America who have housing loans through USDA.
Rural North Carolina is continuing to adapt to the digital age where high-speed internet is essential. There is a powerful alley in this evolution with the Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded an announcement from President Donald Trump that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will distribute up to an additional $14 billion dollars for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs beca
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of 26 Senators sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer urging enforcement of United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
