There’s a delay in food stamp benefits in Davidson County. That’s due to the Davidson County Department of Social Services facing a six-week backlog of filing recertifications and new applications. The department said there’s not an estimated time when people will start to receive benefits, but that they’re working as hard and as quickly as they can. In the meantime, they’re referring people to local food pantries, like the Fairgrove Family Resource Center in Thomasville. “The families have literally had their benefits stopped through no fault of their own, and then as a result of that, they’re being referred to us, and we’re trying to help fill that need,” Terri Fisher, the Executive Director at Fairgrove Family Resource Center said.Fisher says they’ve seen a dramatic increase in the number of people just this year coming to the center for help due to inflation. Now with this backlog issue, they’ve had even more people come in the last few months. “I’ve worked here for over 20 years now, and I’ve never seen as many new people coming to our center as I have seen this year, in particular in the last four months,” Fisher said. Davidson County resident Carol Foley has family who rely on food pantries like Fairgrove’s due to benefits being delayed.“I got a granddaughter who got five, six youngins, and she’s way behind on getting hers, my sisters in real bad shape, she’s real behind on getting hers, so what do you do? You got to go to a food bank,” Foley said.Fisher says it’s been difficult to keep food in the food pantry, so they’re asking anyone who can donate to please do. “We’re just trying to, to fill the need. From what I understand, it’s going to be quite a while before they get caught up. So we’re desperately seeking food donations, and food drives and, things to try to help us help these families,” Fisher said. Fisher said they’ve even had trouble relying on their normal donors.”We even had a family who has always been donating for years, have donated to this food pantry, but now they literally had to ask for food. So it’s a cycle that I’ve really not seen hit like it has hit,” Fisher said.Fisher said if you’d like to donate food items to the pantry, they’re good on corn and green beans but are always looking for meats, and breakfast foods. They also take monetary donations. You can donate and find out more about the food pantry on their website here.
There’s a delay in food stamp benefits in Davidson County. That’s due to the Davidson County Department of Social Services facing a six-week backlog of filing recertifications and new applications.
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The department said there’s not an estimated time when people will start to receive benefits, but that they’re working as hard and as quickly as they can. In the meantime, they’re referring people to local food pantries, like the Fairgrove Family Resource Center in Thomasville.
“The families have literally had their benefits stopped through no fault of their own, and then as a result of that, they’re being referred to us, and we’re trying to help fill that need,” Terri Fisher, the Executive Director at Fairgrove Family Resource Center said.
Fisher says they’ve seen a dramatic increase in the number of people just this year coming to the center for help due to inflation. Now with this backlog issue, they’ve had even more people come in the last few months.
“I’ve worked here for over 20 years now, and I’ve never seen as many new people coming to our center as I have seen this year, in particular in the last four months,” Fisher said.
Davidson County resident Carol Foley has family who rely on food pantries like Fairgrove’s due to benefits being delayed.
“I got a granddaughter who got five, six youngins, and she’s way behind on getting hers, my sisters in real bad shape, she’s real behind on getting hers, so what do you do? You got to go to a food bank,” Foley said.
Fisher says it’s been difficult to keep food in the food pantry, so they’re asking anyone who can donate to please do.
“We’re just trying to, to fill the need. From what I understand, it’s going to be quite a while before they get caught up. So we’re desperately seeking food donations, and food drives and, things to try to help us help these families,” Fisher said.
Fisher said they’ve even had trouble relying on their normal donors.
“We even had a family who has always been donating for years, have donated to this food pantry, but now they literally had to ask for food. So it’s a cycle that I’ve really not seen hit like it has hit,” Fisher said.
Fisher said if you’d like to donate food items to the pantry, they’re good on corn and green beans but are always looking for meats, and breakfast foods. They also take monetary donations.
You can donate and find out more about the food pantry on their website here.